Bethesda, MD · mixed · mixed
Georgetown Branch Trail Detour
1.7-mile mixed route with 98 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “GBTD”.
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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.
58 /100
good
58 Road
73 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°FClear
- Wind17 mphNE
- Rain5%Next 24h: 0.06"
- Humidity61%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:46 AM
- Sunset7:24 PM155 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 79°F · 3 mph NE wind · mostly cloudy. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
79°
Mostly Cloudy
3 mph NE
61
79°
Mostly Cloudy
3 mph E
61
Wind on this route
17 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the ENE (70°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 234° · tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 249° · tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 158° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 173° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 177° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 180° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 172° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 179° · crosswind 0.1 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 +
Quartering tailwind 17 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
+3 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 Advisories & nearby alerts
NWSTest Message
About this route
- Distance
- 1.7 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 98 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN · route GBTD
- Start
38.9985, -77.0888- City hub
- Bethesda, MD
- OSM
- relation 8040043
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.