PA · mostly separated · gravel
South Sand Mountain Trail
7.9-mile gravel route with 512 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, mostly separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.
- 21 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
52 /100
ok
52 Road
67 E-bike
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 temp81°FPartly Cloudy
- Wind21 mphNW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.04"
- Humidity45%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrygravel surface
- Sunrise6:47 AM
- Sunset7:27 PM158 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 76°F · 2 mph NW wind · sunny. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
76°
Sunny
2 mph NW
61
74°
Mostly Clear
1 mph N
61
Wind on this route
21 mph crosswind — expect a 21 mph quartering headwind on the return.
Currently 21 mph from the N (360°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 60° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 98° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 57° · quartering headwind 0.7 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 63° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 66° · quartering headwind 0.7 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 66° · quartering headwind 0.7 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 94° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 238° · quartering tailwind 0.6 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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81°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3 −
21 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-6 −
Strong crosswind 21 mph crosswind — expect a 21 mph quartering headwind on the return.
-3 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 About this route
- Distance
- 7.9 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 512 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN
- Start
40.7732, -77.5908- OSM
- relation 13654677
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.