Columbia, MD · mostly separated · mixed
Gold Route
3.7-mile mixed route with 16 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, mostly separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 48°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
71 /100
great
71 Road
70 E-bike
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 temp48°FClear
- Wind— mphNE
- Rain3%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 52PM2.5 · Moderate
- Humidity87%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise7:29 AM
- Sunset6:12 PM616 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 48°F · 6 mph N wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (71/100).
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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 tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 183° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 221° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 199° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 164° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 191° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 199° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 195° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 180° · tailwind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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48°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 ·
AQI 52 Moderate air — fine for shorter commutes, cut intervals short.
-3 About this route
- Distance
- 3.7 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 16 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN
- Start
39.2252, -76.8146- City hub
- Columbia, MD
- OSM
- relation 17301687
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.