Virginia Creeper Trail

18.7 mi Out-and-back 1621 ft gain

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.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 68°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
74 /100
great
74 Road
73 E-bike

Best for road cycling today

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.

  • Air temp
    68°F
    Mostly Cloudy
  • Wind
    8 mph
    NW
  • Rain
    11%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    94%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    6:08 AM
  • Sunset
    8:46 PM
    758 min remaining

9 AM looks best — 72°F · 0 mph wind · partly sunny.

9 AM Best
72°

Partly Sunny

0 mph
74
10 AM
76°

Mostly Sunny

0 mph
61
11 AM
78°

Mostly Sunny

5 mph NW
61
12 PM
80°

Mostly Sunny

5 mph W
61
1 PM
82°

Sunny

5 mph W
56
2 PM
84°

Sunny

5 mph W
56
3 PM
86°

Sunny

5 mph W
57
4 PM
86°

Sunny

5 mph W
57
5 PM
87°

Sunny

5 mph W
55
6 PM
88°

Mostly Clear

5 mph W
53
7 PM
86°

Mostly Clear

5 mph W
57
8 PM
84°

Mostly Clear

0 mph
56

Light push at your back (8 mph).

Currently 8 mph from the NW (315°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 115° · tailwind 1.6 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 48° · crosswind 1.0 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 72° · quartering tailwind 1.0 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 136° · tailwind 1.3 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 48° · crosswind 1.0 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 51° · crosswind 1.5 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 138° · tailwind 0.9 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 153° · tailwind 1.3 mi
1900'2350'2800'3250'3700' 0 mi2 mi4 mi6 mi8 mi10 mi12 mi13 mi
2723 ft gain 1152 ft loss Max 3661' Min 1923' 13 mi sampled
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68°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
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.

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