Indian Head Rail Trail

12.9 mi Out-and-back 131 ft gain

The Indian Head Rail Trail is a 13.1-mile (21.1 km), shared-use rail trail that runs from Indian Head, Maryland, to White Plains, Maryland. It was built on the abandoned right-of-way of the old Cape Charles Railroad, a subsidiary of the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad (NYP&N), which ran from 1910 to 1972. Planned phases would extend the trail all the way to Cape Charles.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 68°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
74 /100
great
73 Bike commuting
74 Road
73 E-bike
74 Bike-share

Best for road cycling today

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.

  • Air temp
    68°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    — mph
    NW
  • Rain
    0%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    95%
  • Pavement
    dry
    paved surface
  • Sunrise
    5:42 AM
  • Sunset
    8:32 PM
    745 min remaining

9 AM looks best — 76°F · 5 mph N wind · sunny. 10 AM is a close second (61/100).

9 AM Best
76°

Sunny

5 mph N
61
10 AM
80°

Sunny

6 mph N
61
11 AM
83°

Sunny

6 mph N
56
12 PM
85°

Sunny

5 mph NW
56
1 PM
86°

Sunny

5 mph NW
57
2 PM
87°

Sunny

5 mph W
55
3 PM
88°

Sunny

5 mph W
53
4 PM
89°

Sunny

5 mph W
51
5 PM
89°

Sunny

5 mph W
51
6 PM
88°

Mostly Clear

3 mph W
53
7 PM
86°

Mostly Clear

3 mph W
57
8 PM
84°

Mostly Clear

2 mph SW
56

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

Currently 0 mph from the N (0°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 287° · crosswind 1.1 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 268° · crosswind 1.2 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 272° · crosswind 1.2 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 268° · crosswind 1.1 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 255° · crosswind 1.1 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 242° · quartering tailwind 1.2 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 253° · crosswind 1.1 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 306° · quartering headwind 1.2 mi
0'50'100'150'200'250' 0 mi2 mi4 mi6 mi8 mi10 mi12 mi13 mi
260 ft gain 341 ft loss Max 233' Min 10' 12.5 mi sampled
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68°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
Distance
12.9 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
131 ft
Surface
paved
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
Cycle network
LCN · route IHRT
Start
38.5921, -76.9475
OSM
relation 3634416

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.

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