Rockville, MD · separated · paved
Germantown Road
0.9-mile paved route with 72 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “118”, 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.
- 21 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
Best for bike commuting 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 temp77°FClear
- Wind21 mphSW
- Rain91%Next 24h: 0.71"
- Humidity78%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementwetpaved surface
- Sunrise6:05 AM
- Sunset8:25 PM600 min remaining
Best time today
Every remaining hour today is flagged hazardous. Save it for tomorrow.
Wind on this route
21 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 21 mph quartering headwind on the return.
Currently 21 mph from the SSW (210°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 76° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 87° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 97° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 103° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 104° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 112° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 104° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 104° · crosswind 0.1 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
Advisories & nearby alerts
About this route
- Distance
- 0.9 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 72 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- RCN · route 118
- Start
39.1926, -77.2412- City hub
- Rockville, MD
- OSM
- relation 17089580
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.