State College, PA · mixed · paved
Sparks Street
0.6-mile paved route with 43 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “Sparks Street”.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 64°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
- 21 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
Best for bike-share touring 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 temp64°FClear
- Wind21 mphNW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity73%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise5:39 AM
- Sunset8:43 PM755 min remaining
Best time today
9 AM looks best — 70°F · 5 mph NW wind · sunny.
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Wind on this route
21 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 21 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 21 mph from the WSW (250°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 129° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 127° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 135° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 135° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 136° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 135° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 135° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 136° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 0.6 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 43 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- LCN · route Sparks Street
- Start
40.7900, -77.8703- City hub
- State College, PA
- OSM
- relation 5476605
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.