Steel Valley Trail

5.5 mi Out-and-back 344 ft gain

5.5-mile paved route with 344 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, separated from motor traffic.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 70°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
74 /100
great
73 Bike commuting
74 Road
73 E-bike
74 Bike-share

Best for road cycling today

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  • Air temp
    70°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    — mph
    W
  • Rain
    0%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    78%
  • Pavement
    dry
    paved surface
  • Sunrise
    5:48 AM
  • Sunset
    8:50 PM
    762 min remaining

9 AM looks best — 70°F · 1 mph NW wind · sunny.

9 AM Best
70°

Sunny

1 mph NW
74
10 AM
75°

Sunny

2 mph NW
61
11 AM
79°

Sunny

2 mph NW
61
12 PM
81°

Sunny

3 mph W
56
1 PM
83°

Sunny

5 mph W
56
2 PM
85°

Sunny

6 mph W
56
3 PM
86°

Sunny

6 mph W
57
4 PM
87°

Sunny

6 mph W
55
5 PM
87°

Sunny

6 mph SW
55
6 PM
87°

Mostly Clear

6 mph SW
55
7 PM
86°

Mostly Clear

6 mph SW
57
8 PM
83°

Partly Cloudy

5 mph SW
56

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 324° · quartering headwind 0.5 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 319° · quartering headwind 0.5 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 311° · quartering headwind 0.5 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 310° · quartering headwind 0.5 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 320° · quartering headwind 0.5 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 319° · quartering headwind 0.5 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 303° · quartering headwind 0.5 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 298° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
700'750'800'850'900' 0 mi1 mi2 mi3 mi4 mi5 mi5 mi
218 ft gain 241 ft loss Max 896' Min 725' 5.2 mi sampled
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70°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
Distance
5.5 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
344 ft
Surface
paved
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
Cycle network
LCN
Start
40.3737, -79.8444
City hub
Pittsburgh, PA
OSM
relation 3126661

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

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