Montour Trail

44 mi Out-and-back 689 ft gain

The Montour Trail is a multi-use recreational rail trail near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was formerly the Montour Railroad. It was named a national recreation trail in 2017.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 48°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
71 /100
great
71 Road
70 E-bike

Best for road cycling today

Orange marker is the start. Click the map to enable scroll-zoom — the polyline is approximate; use Ride with GPS or Komoot for turn-by-turn.

  • Air temp
    48°F
    Fog/Mist
  • Wind
    — mph
    NE
  • Rain
    2%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Air quality
    AQI 76
    PM2.5 · Moderate
  • Humidity
    87%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    7:44 AM
  • Sunset
    6:24 PM
    628 min remaining

10 AM looks best — 51°F · 1 mph E wind · patchy fog. 11 AM is a close second (71/100).

8 AM
46°

Patchy Fog

0 mph
58
9 AM
47°

Patchy Fog

1 mph NE
58
10 AM Best
51°

Patchy Fog

1 mph E
71
11 AM
55°

Partly Sunny

1 mph E
71
12 PM
59°

Partly Sunny

1 mph NE
71
1 PM
63°

Partly Sunny

1 mph NE
71
2 PM
65°

Partly Sunny

1 mph NE
71
3 PM
66°

Mostly Sunny

1 mph NE
71
4 PM
67°

Partly Sunny

2 mph NE
71
5 PM
66°

Mostly Sunny

2 mph NE
71

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

Currently 0 mph from the N (0°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 194° · tailwind 2.2 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 236° · quartering tailwind 2.1 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 267° · crosswind 2.2 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 245° · quartering tailwind 2.4 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 206° · tailwind 1.9 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 155° · tailwind 2.3 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 163° · tailwind 2.0 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 176° · tailwind 2.1 mi
700'850'1000'1150'1300' 0 mi5 mi10 mi15 mi20 mi25 mi30 mi35 mi36 mi
2641 ft gain 2578 ft loss Max 1280' Min 715' 35.7 mi sampled
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48°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
·
AQI 76 Moderate air — fine for shorter commutes, cut intervals short.
-3
Distance
44 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
689 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
RCN · route MT
Start
40.5052, -80.1453
City hub
Pittsburgh, PA
OSM
relation 2273484

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.

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