York County Heritage Rail Trail

27.4 mi Out-and-back 30 ft gain

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.

Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.

  • 17 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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Best for e-bike riding today

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  • Air temp
    73°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    17 mph
    NW
  • Rain
    0%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    57%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    5:38 AM
  • Sunset
    8:35 PM
    747 min remaining

9 AM looks best — 71°F · 7 mph NW wind · sunny.

9 AM Best
71°

Sunny

7 mph NW
74
10 AM
76°

Sunny

7 mph N
61
11 AM
78°

Sunny

7 mph NW
61
12 PM
80°

Sunny

6 mph NW
61
1 PM
81°

Sunny

7 mph NW
61
2 PM
82°

Sunny

7 mph W
61
3 PM
84°

Sunny

6 mph W
61
4 PM
84°

Sunny

6 mph W
61
5 PM
84°

Sunny

5 mph W
61
6 PM
84°

Mostly Clear

6 mph W
61
7 PM
82°

Mostly Clear

3 mph W
61
8 PM
79°

Mostly Clear

2 mph SW
61

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.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 358° · quartering headwind 2.3 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 324° · headwind 2.2 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 325° · headwind 2.3 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 333° · quartering headwind 2.3 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 19° · crosswind 1.9 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 8° · quartering headwind 1.8 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 2° · quartering headwind 2.0 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 17° · crosswind 2.1 mi
350'500'650'800' 0 mi3 mi6 mi9 mi12 mi15 mi18 mi21 mi23 mi
1243 ft gain 1692 ft loss Max 899' Min 351' 22.5 mi sampled
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73°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
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17 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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Quartering headwind 17 mph headwind outbound — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
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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.

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