Baltimore, MD · mixed · mixed
Catonsville Short Line Trail
2.7-mile mixed route with 26 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “CSL”, operated by Catonsville Heritage Trails.
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Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 57°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
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 temp57°FSunny
- Wind6 mphNE
- Rain3%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 51PM2.5 · Moderate
- Humidity64%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise7:29 AM
- Sunset6:12 PM616 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 50°F · 6 mph N wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (71/100).
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Wind on this route
Light headwind (6 mph) — noticeable but not brutal.
Currently 6 mph from the NE (45°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 144° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 68° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 34° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 349° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 19° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 134° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 132° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 101° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 2.7 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 26 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route CSL
- Operator
- Catonsville Heritage Trails
- Start
39.2664, -76.7318- City hub
- Baltimore, MD
- OSM
- relation 11366449
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.