Pittsburgh, PA · separated · paved
Steel Valley Trail
5.5-mile paved route with 344 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.
- 33 mph wind — gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.
- 68°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
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 temp68°FClear
- Wind33 mphW
- Rain2%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity94%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise6:24 AM
- Sunset8:25 PM929 min remaining
Best time today
5 AM looks best — 69°F · 3 mph S wind · partly cloudy. 6 AM is a close second (74/100).
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Wind on this route
33 mph crosswind — expect a 33 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 33 mph from the SSW (210°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 324° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 319° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 311° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 310° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 320° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 319° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 303° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 298° · crosswind 0.4 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- 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.