Columbia, MD · separated · mixed
BWI Trail
10.6-mile mixed loop with 180 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “BWI”, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 17 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
55 /100
good
55 Road
70 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 temp79°FCloudy
- Wind17 mphE
- Rain3%Next 24h: 0.02"
- Humidity58%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:44 AM
- Sunset7:22 PM153 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 81°F · 3 mph E wind · partly sunny. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
81°
Partly Sunny
3 mph E
61
79°
Mostly Cloudy
3 mph E
61
Wind on this route
17 mph crosswind — keep the bars loose on exposed sections.
Currently 17 mph from the E (80°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 8° · crosswind 0.7 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 18° · quartering headwind 0.8 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 90° · headwind 0.8 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 58° · headwind 0.7 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 145° · quartering headwind 0.8 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 163° · crosswind 0.9 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 170° · crosswind 0.9 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 252° · tailwind 0.8 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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79°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3 −
17 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-6 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 About this route
- Distance
- 10.6 mi loop
- Elevation gain
- 180 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Loop
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route BWI
- Start
39.1708, -76.6943- City hub
- Columbia, MD
- OSM
- relation 1772197
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.