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
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 153 min of daylight — you need at least 158 min. lights required for this ride.
58 /100
good
58 Road
73 E-bike
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 temp80°FPartly Sunny
- Wind1 mphE
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.01"
- Humidity52%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:44 AM
- Sunset7:22 PM153 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 81°F · 1 mph E wind · partly sunny. 6 PM is a close second (58/100).
81°
Partly Sunny
1 mph E
58
79°
Mostly Cloudy
2 mph E
58
Wind on this route
Calm — wind is a non-factor today.
Currently 1 mph from the E (90°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 259° · tailwind 1.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 250° · tailwind 1.9 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 209° · quartering 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° · quartering tailwind 1.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 259° · tailwind 1.6 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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80°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 −
153 min of daylight You need at least 158 min. Lights required for this ride.
-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.