Columbia, MD · mixed · mixed
1 (Maryland)
33.4-mile mixed route with 768 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the U.S. Bicycle Route System, route reference “1”.
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Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 57°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
77 /100
great
77 Road
76 E-bike
Best for road cycling 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 temp57°FPatchy Fog then Sunny
- Wind5 mphN
- Rain3%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 6O3 · Good
- Humidity64%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise7:29 AM
- Sunset6:11 PM615 min remaining
Best time today
9 AM looks best — 51°F · 5 mph N wind · sunny. 10 AM is a close second (77/100).
47°
Patchy Fog
5 mph N
64
51°
Sunny
5 mph N
77
57°
Sunny
5 mph NE
77
60°
Sunny
5 mph NE
77
63°
Sunny
5 mph NE
77
65°
Sunny
3 mph N
77
66°
Sunny
3 mph N
77
67°
Sunny
2 mph N
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67°
Sunny
2 mph NE
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66°
Sunny
2 mph NE
77
Wind on this route
Calm — wind is a non-factor today.
Currently 5 mph from the N (0°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 259° · crosswind 1.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 250° · crosswind 1.9 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 209° · tailwind 1.5 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 234° · quartering tailwind 1.8 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 224° · quartering tailwind 1.7 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 216° · quartering tailwind 1.8 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 202° · tailwind 1.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 259° · crosswind 1.6 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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57°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 +
AQI 6 Clean air
+3 About this route
- Distance
- 33.4 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 768 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- NCN · route 1
- Start
39.5694, -76.6580- City hub
- Columbia, MD
- OSM
- relation 13312086
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.