Pottery Road Downhill
- 0.3 mi
- round trip
- 184 ft
- climb
- Singletrack
- surface
- Out and back
- route
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Pottery Road Downhill is a short, steep mountain biking route in New York, about 33.5 miles from the town of Fort Niagara Beach. The ride is an out-and-back of about half a mile, with a high point of 349 feet and a low of 292 feet. The climb profile is middle, and the route is rated hard, with the steepest stretch at about 0.12 miles in, where the grade reaches 7%. The most comfortable months for a ride are typically June and September. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show June highs around 77°F and September highs around 74°F, with July the warmest at about 83°F. The Pottery Road Climb lies about 0.2 miles away, and the Sanitation Plant "Hard Line" is about half a mile off. Crothers Woods Trail is about 0.1 miles away, and The Flats is about 0.7 miles away.
Best time to go · Jun–Sep
Best time to visit Pottery Road Downhill
Best months: June–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
34° / 19°
18 wet
Feb
35° / 19°
15 wet
Mar
43° / 25°
13 wet
Apr
55° / 35°
14 wet
May
68° / 46°
14 wet
Jun
77° / 57°
12 wet
Jul
83° / 62°
11 wet
Aug
81° / 61°
12 wet
Sep
74° / 54°
12 wet
Oct
61° / 44°
17 wet
Nov
50° / 34°
15 wet
Dec
39° / 26°
16 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Youngstown 2 E, NY, 35.3 mi away at 295 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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