VA · mixed · gravel
Willis River Trail
1.8-mile gravel route with 171 ft of elevation gain.
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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.
- 54 mph wind — gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.
- Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
- Exposed + wet + windy — mixed traffic in wet windy conditions — visibility and handling margin drop together.
- 87°F air — above road cycling's comfort zone (28–85°f). heat acclimation required.
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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 temp87°FPartly Cloudy
- Wind54 mphSW
- Rain64%Next 24h: 0.16"
- Humidity69%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementwetgravel surface
- Sunrise6:13 AM
- Sunset8:25 PM395 min remaining
Best time today
Every remaining hour today is flagged hazardous. Save it for tomorrow.
Wind on this route
54 mph headwind outbound — expect a 54 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 54 mph from the S (190°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 135° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 164° · headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 108° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 112° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 107° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 119° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 93° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 131° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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87°F air Above road cycling's comfort zone (28–85°F). Heat acclimation required.
-4 −
Exposed + wet + windy mixed traffic in wet windy conditions — visibility and handling margin drop together.
-12 −
54 mph wind Gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.
-36 −
Quartering headwind 54 mph headwind outbound — expect a 54 mph headwind on the return.
-4 −
Thunderstorms Lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
-45 −
Pavement: wet Wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
-32 About this route
- Distance
- 1.8 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 171 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Start
37.5159, -78.3015- OSM
- relation 16667393
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.