Sandy Creek Trail

12.1 mi Out-and-back 522 ft gain

12.1-mile mixed route with 522 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “SCT”, mostly separated from motor traffic.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 63°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
78 /100
great
78 Road
78 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
    63°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    12 mph
    W
  • Rain
    0%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    83%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    5:45 AM
  • Sunset
    8:53 PM
    765 min remaining

9 AM looks best — 70°F · 3 mph W wind · sunny.

9 AM Best
70°

Sunny

3 mph W
74
10 AM
73°

Sunny

5 mph W
61
11 AM
77°

Sunny

5 mph W
61
12 PM
79°

Sunny

6 mph W
61
1 PM
81°

Sunny

6 mph W
56
2 PM
83°

Sunny

6 mph W
56
3 PM
84°

Sunny

6 mph W
56
4 PM
85°

Sunny

6 mph W
56
5 PM
85°

Sunny

6 mph SW
56
6 PM
85°

Mostly Clear

6 mph SW
56
7 PM
84°

Mostly Clear

5 mph SW
56
8 PM
80°

Mostly Clear

3 mph S
61

12 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.

Currently 12 mph from the W (260°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a tailwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 70° · tailwind 1.1 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 99° · tailwind 1.0 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 94° · tailwind 1.1 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 76° · tailwind 1.0 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 119° · quartering tailwind 1.0 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 104° · tailwind 1.1 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 100° · tailwind 1.0 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 157° · crosswind 1.0 mi
950'1050'1150'1250'1350' 0 mi2 mi4 mi6 mi8 mi10 mi11 mi
1174 ft gain 905 ft loss Max 1312' Min 958' 11.1 mi sampled
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63°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
12 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-2
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Tailwind on this route 12 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.
+6
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
Distance
12.1 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
522 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
mostly separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
LCN · route SCT
Start
41.3263, -79.8489
OSM
relation 5547998

Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.

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