VA · mostly separated · gravel
Wilderness Road Trail
8.7-mile gravel route with 174 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, mostly separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Thunderstorms in the forecast — lightning and cyclists are a bad combination.
- Thunderstorms — lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
- Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
- 66°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
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 temp66°FClear
- Wind— mph
- Rain7%Next 24h: 0.02"
- Humidity95%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementwetgravel surface
- Sunrise6:14 AM
- Sunset8:53 PM765 min remaining
Best time today
9 AM looks best — 70°F · 0 mph wind · mostly sunny.
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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 crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 272° · crosswind 0.8 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 272° · crosswind 0.8 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 252° · crosswind 0.8 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 244° · quartering tailwind 0.8 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 247° · quartering tailwind 0.7 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 236° · quartering tailwind 0.7 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 255° · crosswind 0.7 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 240° · quartering tailwind 0.8 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 8.7 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 174 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN
- Start
36.6330, -83.4897- OSM
- relation 9722446
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.