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.
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 temp76°FMostly Sunny
- Wind6 mphW
- Rain3%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity82%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:13 AM
- Sunset8:11 PM802 min remaining
Best time today
7 AM looks best — 72°F · 2 mph W wind · partly sunny.
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Wind on this route
Light headwind (6 mph) — noticeable but not brutal.
Currently 6 mph from the W (270°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 259° · headwind 1.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 250° · headwind 1.9 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 209° · quartering headwind 1.5 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 234° · quartering headwind 1.8 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 224° · quartering headwind 1.7 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 216° · quartering headwind 1.8 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 202° · quartering headwind 1.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 259° · headwind 1.6 mi
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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.