PA · mostly separated · gravel
West Penn Trail
The West Penn Trail is a 17-mile long rail trail in western Pennsylvania. It runs on old rail alignments of the Conemaugh Line near the Conemaugh River.
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Today's verdict
Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.
- NWS alert active — check the alert before rolling out.
Best for e-bike riding today
Flood Watch issued September 11 at 1:26PM EDT until September 13 at 1:00AM EDT by NWS Pittsburgh PA
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 temp79°FMostly Clear
- Wind— mphN
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.08"
- Humidity54%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrygravel surface
- Sunrise6:54 AM
- Sunset7:33 PM164 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 81°F · 2 mph N wind · mostly sunny. 6 PM is a close second (41/100).
Mostly Sunny
Mostly Clear
Mostly Clear
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 287° · crosswind 1.3 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 290° · quartering headwind 1.3 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 276° · crosswind 1.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 282° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 341° · headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 292° · quartering headwind 1.0 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 268° · crosswind 0.9 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 275° · crosswind 0.9 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 14.1 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 213 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN · route WPT
- Start
40.4473, -79.2870- OSM
- relation 5413871
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.