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Virginia Creeper Trail
The Virginia Creeper Trail is a 35-mile (56 km) multi-purpose rail trail. Located in southwestern Virginia, the trail runs from Abingdon to Whitetop, Virginia, near Mount Rogers National Recreation Area and the North Carolina state line.
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Today's verdict
Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.
- 17 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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
- Wind17 mphE
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 50PM2.5 · Good
- Humidity87%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise7:45 AM
- Sunset6:36 PM640 min remaining
Best time today
9 AM looks best — 48°F · 0 mph wind · sunny. 10 AM is a close second (77/100).
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Wind on this route
17 mph headwind outbound — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the NE (50°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 115° · quartering headwind 1.6 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 48° · headwind 1.0 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 72° · headwind 1.0 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 136° · crosswind 1.3 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 48° · headwind 1.0 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 51° · headwind 1.5 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 138° · crosswind 0.9 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 153° · crosswind 1.3 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 18.7 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 1621 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN
- Start
36.6356, -81.7922- OSM
- relation 1715009
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.