Richmond, VA · separated · mixed
Virginia Capital Trail
The Virginia Capital Trail (VCT) (informally, the Cap Trail, or simply the Cap) is a dedicated, paved bicycle and pedestrian trail crossing four counties and 51.7 miles (83.2 km) between Jamestown and Richmond, Virginia — that is, between the Colony of Virginia's first capital and Virginia's current capital. The trail is part of the TransAmerica Trail and connects to the East Coast Greenway.
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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 temp43°FClear
- Wind— mphNE
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 38PM2.5 · Good
- Humidity98%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise7:27 AM
- Sunset6:16 PM620 min remaining
Best time today
9 AM looks best — 51°F · 5 mph N wind · sunny. 10 AM is a close second (77/100).
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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 300° · quartering headwind 1.9 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 275° · crosswind 1.9 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 251° · crosswind 1.9 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 269° · crosswind 2.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 282° · crosswind 2.0 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 264° · crosswind 1.7 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 300° · quartering headwind 1.9 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 4° · headwind 1.9 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 36.4 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 243 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN
- Start
37.3257, -76.9981- City hub
- Richmond, VA
- OSM
- relation 8010285
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.