PA · separated · gravel
Schuylkill Valley Heritage Trail
7.7-mile gravel route with 167 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “SVH”, separated from motor traffic.
Live · updated
Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 72°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
- 17 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
Best for e-bike riding today
Route map
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.
Atmosphere
- Air temp72°FClear
- Wind17 mphNW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity50%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrygravel surface
- Sunrise6:40 AM
- Sunset7:20 PM151 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 76°F · 2 mph NW wind · sunny. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
Sunny
Mostly Clear
Wind on this route
17 mph headwind outbound — expect a 17 mph quartering headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the WNW (300°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 243° · quartering headwind 0.7 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 240° · quartering headwind 0.7 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 239° · quartering headwind 0.7 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 240° · quartering headwind 0.7 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 209° · crosswind 0.7 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 228° · crosswind 0.7 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 231° · quartering headwind 0.7 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 242° · quartering headwind 0.7 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 7.7 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 167 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route SVH
- Start
40.7927, -75.9836- OSM
- relation 9399028
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.