Bethesda, MD · mostly separated · paved
1 (District of Columbia)
5.2-mile paved route with 82 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the U.S. Bicycle Route System, route reference “1”, mostly separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.
- 29 mph wind — strong — plan for slow outbound if wind is against you.
Best for bike-share touring 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 temp81°FClear
- Wind29 mphNE
- Rain6%Next 24h: 0.09"
- Humidity58%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise6:46 AM
- Sunset7:24 PM155 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 82°F · 3 mph E wind · mostly cloudy. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
Mostly Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy
Wind on this route
29 mph crosswind — expect a 29 mph quartering headwind on the return.
Currently 29 mph from the NNE (30°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 152° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 151° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 142° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 152° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 143° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 117° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 96° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 101° · crosswind 0.5 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
Advisories & nearby alerts
About this route
- Distance
- 5.2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 82 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- NCN · route 1
- Start
38.9373, -77.1159- City hub
- Bethesda, MD
- OSM
- relation 11625044
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.