Bethesda, MD · mostly separated · mixed
50 (Maryland)
U.S. Bicycle Route 50 (USBR 50) is a planned east–west cross country U.S. Bicycle Route that currently consists of two discontiguous sections: a western section between San Francisco and Border, Utah, and an eastern section between Terre Haute, Indiana, and Washington, D.C.
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Today's verdict
Skip today — the bike can wait.
- 155 min of daylight — you need at least 791 min. lights required for this ride.
- 29 mph wind — strong — plan for slow outbound if wind is against you.
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 temp81°FClear
- Wind29 mphNE
- Rain6%Next 24h: 0.09"
- Humidity58%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed 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 (0/100).
Mostly Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy
Wind on this route
29 mph crosswind — expect a 29 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 29 mph from the NNE (30°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 300° · crosswind 5.8 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 328° · quartering headwind 5.0 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 289° · crosswind 6.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 292° · crosswind 6.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 339° · quartering headwind 5.2 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 24° · headwind 5.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 309° · crosswind 6.1 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 288° · crosswind 5.5 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
Advisories & nearby alerts
About this route
- Distance
- 200.7 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 2470 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- NCN · route 50
- Start
38.9364, -77.1172- City hub
- Bethesda, MD
- OSM
- relation 3322741
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.