York, PA · separated · mixed
York County Heritage Rail Trail
Heritage Rail Trail County Park is a National Recreation Trail rail-with-trail in Pennsylvania built in 1999 by the York County Rail Trail Authority (YCRTA). It connects with the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail in Maryland. The trail runs along the active Northern Central Railway line and forms the southernmost part of Route J in the BicyclePA route system.
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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 temp73°FClear
- Wind17 mphNW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity57%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise5:38 AM
- Sunset8:35 PM747 min remaining
Best time today
9 AM looks best — 71°F · 7 mph NW wind · sunny.
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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 WNW (300°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 358° · quartering headwind 2.3 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 324° · headwind 2.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 325° · headwind 2.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 333° · quartering headwind 2.3 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 19° · crosswind 1.9 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 8° · quartering headwind 1.8 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 2° · quartering headwind 2.0 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 17° · crosswind 2.1 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 27.4 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 30 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN · route YCH
- Operator
- York County
- Start
39.7210, -76.6979- City hub
- York, PA
- OSM
- relation 9214874
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.