Rockville, MD · mostly separated · mixed
Matthew Henson Trail
4.5-mile mixed route with 75 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “MHT”, operated by Montgomery Parks, mostly separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
Best for e-bike riding 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 temp45°FClear
- Wind— mphNE
- Rain3%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 52PM2.5 · Moderate
- Humidity100%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise7:29 AM
- Sunset6:13 PM617 min remaining
Best time today
9 AM looks best — 48°F · 5 mph NE wind · sunny. 10 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 quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 254° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 237° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 257° · crosswind 0.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 251° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 254° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 257° · crosswind 0.3 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 212° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 243° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 4.5 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 75 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN · route MHT
- Operator
- Montgomery Parks
- Start
39.0862, -77.0342- City hub
- Rockville, MD
- OSM
- relation 6889594
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.