Reading, PA · mostly separated · mixed
Union Canal Trail
5.9-mile mixed route with 151 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “UCT”, mostly separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
Best for e-bike riding 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 temp45°FClear
- Wind— mphN
- Rain2%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 63PM2.5 · Moderate
- Humidity93%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise7:27 AM
- Sunset6:07 PM611 min remaining
Best time today
9 AM looks best — 48°F · 0 mph 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 315° · quartering headwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 342° · headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 290° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 336° · headwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 247° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 271° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 284° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 311° · quartering headwind 0.5 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 5.9 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 151 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route UCT
- Start
40.3514, -75.9574- City hub
- Reading, PA
- OSM
- relation 9356566
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.