Pittsburgh, PA · mixed · mixed

Three Rivers Heritage Trail

7.6 mi Loop 98 ft gain

The Three Rivers Heritage Trail is an urban rail trail paralleling the riverbanks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Allegheny County for about 33 miles (53 km), often on both sides of the rivers, and offering views of the city. The trail owned largely owned by the City of Pittsburgh with support from community groups.

Live · updated Aug 11, 1:47 PM ET

Today's verdict

Thunderstorms in the forecast — lightning and cyclists are a bad combination.

Thunderstorms — lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
70°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
Exposed + wet pavement — mixed traffic with wet pavement — drivers have less reaction margin. take the lane.

0 /100

skip

0 Road

0 E-bike

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 temp

70°F

Light Rain
Wind

8 mph

SW
Rain

58%

Next 24h: 0.54"
Humidity

88%

Surface & daylight

Pavement

wet

mixed surface
Sunrise

6:27 AM
Sunset

8:24 PM

398 min remaining

Best time today

Every remaining hour today is flagged hazardous. Save it for tomorrow.

Wind on this route

Light crosswind (8 mph).

Currently 8 mph from the SW (225°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.

Leg 1 Bearing 320° · crosswind 0.6 mi
Leg 2 Bearing 299° · crosswind 0.7 mi
Leg 3 Bearing 296° · crosswind 0.7 mi
Leg 4 Bearing 284° · quartering headwind 0.7 mi
Leg 5 Bearing 303° · crosswind 0.6 mi
Leg 6 Bearing 276° · quartering headwind 0.0 mi
Leg 7 Bearing 123° · crosswind 0.6 mi
Leg 8 Bearing 104° · quartering tailwind 0.7 mi

Elevation profile

170 ft gain 173 ft loss Max 778' Min 689' 6.3 mi sampled

Score breakdown

70°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot

+10

−

Exposed + wet pavement mixed traffic with wet pavement — drivers have less reaction margin. Take the lane.

-6

−

Thunderstorms Lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.

-45

−

Pavement: wet Wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.

-32

About this route

Distance: 7.6 mi loop
Elevation gain: 98 ft
Surface: mixed
Shape: Loop
Traffic exposure: mixed
Activities: road cycling · e bike
Cycle network: LCN · route TRHT
Start: 40.4890, -80.0795
City hub: Pittsburgh, PA
OSM: relation 5427829

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.