Rockville, MD · separated · paved
Falls Road Trail
1.9-mile paved route with 125 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Thunderstorms in the forecast — lightning and cyclists are a bad combination.
- Thunderstorms — lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
- Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
- 29 mph wind — strong — plan for slow outbound if wind is against you.
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0 Bike commuting
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0 E-bike
0 Bike-share
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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 temp82°FMostly Clear
- Wind29 mphW
- Rain19%Next 24h: 0.20"
- Humidity66%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementwetpaved surface
- Sunrise6:18 AM
- Sunset8:09 PM383 min remaining
Best time today
Every remaining hour today is flagged hazardous. Save it for tomorrow.
Wind on this route
29 mph headwind outbound — expect a 29 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 29 mph from the W (260°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 238° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 224° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 222° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 220° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 221° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 212° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 211° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 212° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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82°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3 −
29 mph wind Strong — plan for slow outbound if wind is against you.
-18 −
Quartering headwind 29 mph headwind outbound — expect a 29 mph headwind on the return.
-4 −
Thunderstorms Lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
-45 −
Pavement: wet Wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
-32 Advisories & nearby alerts
NWSTest Message
About this route
- Distance
- 1.9 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 125 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- LCN
- Start
39.0166, -77.2110- City hub
- Rockville, MD
- OSM
- relation 15965314
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.