Bethesda, MD · mixed · paved
Bethesda Trolley Trail
The Bethesda Trolley Trail, at one time known as the North Bethesda Trail, is a 5.9-mile (9.5 km) rail trail in southern Montgomery County, Maryland. It runs from Bouic Avenue next to the Twinbrook Metro Station in the city of Rockville to Battery Lane Park in Bethesda.
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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 temp45°FClear
- Wind— mphNE
- Rain2%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 52PM2.5 · Moderate
- Humidity97%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise7:30 AM
- Sunset6:14 PM618 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 48°F · 5 mph N wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (71/100).
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Wind on this route
Calm — wind is a non-factor today.
Currently 0 mph from the N (0°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 175° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 176° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 182° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 183° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 182° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 166° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 165° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 168° · tailwind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
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Advisories & nearby alerts
About this route
- Distance
- 3.3 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 131 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- RCN · route BTT
- Start
39.0299, -77.1124- City hub
- Bethesda, MD
- OSM
- relation 1084928
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.