Bethesda, MD · mixed · paved
Georgetown Branch Trail
Interrupted by the Purple Line
Live · updated
Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
61 /100
good
73 Bike commuting
61 Road
73 E-bike
74 Bike-share
Best for bike-share touring today
Route map
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Atmosphere
- Air temp73°FClear
- Wind— mphNW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity82%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise5:42 AM
- Sunset8:34 PM747 min remaining
Best time today
9 AM looks best — 75°F · 5 mph N wind · sunny. 10 AM is a close second (61/100).
75°
Sunny
5 mph N
61
80°
Sunny
6 mph N
61
82°
Sunny
6 mph N
56
84°
Sunny
5 mph N
56
85°
Sunny
5 mph NW
56
86°
Sunny
6 mph NW
57
87°
Sunny
6 mph W
55
87°
Sunny
6 mph W
55
87°
Sunny
5 mph W
55
88°
Mostly Clear
6 mph W
53
86°
Mostly Clear
5 mph W
57
84°
Mostly Clear
2 mph W
56
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 crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 56° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 26° · headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 45° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 65° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 75° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 96° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 46° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 63° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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73°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 About this route
- Distance
- 4.2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 112 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- RCN · route GBT
- Start
38.9826, -77.0916- City hub
- Bethesda, MD
- OSM
- relation 7178364 , relation 12048746
Description sourced from the OSM relation description tag.