PA · separated · gravel
Swatara Rail Trail
10.2-mile gravel route with 180 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “SRT”, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
Best for road cycling 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 temp44°FMostly Clear
- Wind— mphN
- Rain2%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 87PM2.5 · Moderate
- Humidity92%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrygravel surface
- Sunrise7:29 AM
- Sunset6:09 PM613 min remaining
Best time today
9 AM looks best — 51°F · 2 mph N wind · sunny. 10 AM is a close second (71/100).
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Wind on this route
Calm — wind is a non-factor today.
Currently 0 mph from the N (0°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 6° · headwind 0.8 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 324° · quartering headwind 0.9 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 305° · quartering headwind 0.9 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 15° · headwind 0.7 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 18° · headwind 0.8 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 82° · crosswind 0.9 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 49° · quartering headwind 0.9 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 42° · quartering headwind 0.9 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 10.2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 180 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route SRT
- Start
40.4517, -76.5116- OSM
- relation 6857786
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.