Columbia, MD · mixed · paved
Maroon Route
3.6-mile paved route with 164 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network.
Live · updated
Today's verdict
Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.
- Headwind on this route — 17 mph headwind outbound — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
- 17 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
47 /100
ok
48 Bike commuting
47 Road
62 E-bike
63 Bike-share
Best for bike-share touring 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°FCloudy
- Wind17 mphE
- Rain2%Next 24h: 0.02"
- Humidity58%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise6:45 AM
- Sunset7:23 PM154 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 79°F · 3 mph E wind · partly sunny. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
79°
Partly Sunny
3 mph E
61
78°
Mostly Cloudy
3 mph E
61
Wind on this route
17 mph headwind outbound — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the E (80°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 125° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 87° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 92° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 106° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 118° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 137° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 83° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 25° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
·
79°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3 −
17 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-6 −
Headwind on this route 17 mph headwind outbound — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
-8 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 About this route
- Distance
- 3.6 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 164 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- RCN
- Start
39.2126, -76.8556- City hub
- Columbia, MD
- OSM
- relation 17302265
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.