Schuylkill River Trail

46.5 mi Out-and-back 246 ft gain

The Schuylkill River Trail is a multi-use trail along the banks of the Schuylkill River in southeastern Pennsylvania, United States. Partially complete, the trail is ultimately planned to run about 120 miles (190 km) from the river's headwaters in Schuylkill County to Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 65°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
    65°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    — mph
    N
  • Rain
    2%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Air quality
    AQI 71
    PM2.5 · Moderate
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    7:24 AM
  • Sunset
    6:05 PM
    609 min remaining

9 AM looks best — 49°F · 5 mph NE wind · sunny. 10 AM is a close second (71/100).

8 AM
47°

Sunny

5 mph N
58
9 AM Best
49°

Sunny

5 mph NE
71
10 AM
55°

Sunny

5 mph NE
71
11 AM
59°

Sunny

5 mph NE
71
12 PM
62°

Sunny

5 mph NE
71
1 PM
63°

Sunny

5 mph N
71
2 PM
65°

Sunny

5 mph N
71
3 PM
64°

Sunny

5 mph N
71
4 PM
64°

Sunny

0 mph
71
5 PM
64°

Sunny

0 mph
71

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

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

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 273° · crosswind 2.7 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 261° · crosswind 2.6 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 305° · quartering headwind 1.9 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 281° · crosswind 2.2 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 349° · headwind 2.1 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 327° · quartering headwind 2.7 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 300° · quartering headwind 2.2 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 307° · quartering headwind 2.1 mi
50'150'250'350' 0 mi5 mi10 mi15 mi20 mi25 mi30 mi35 mi38 mi
905 ft gain 755 ft loss Max 374' Min 66' 38.4 mi sampled
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65°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
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AQI 71 Moderate air — fine for shorter commutes, cut intervals short.
-3
Distance
46.5 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
246 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
RCN · route SRT
Start
40.1155, -75.3502
City hub
Reading, PA
OSM
relation 1541998

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.

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