Silver Spring, MD · mixed · paved
Metropolitan Branch Trail Interim Route
2.7-mile paved route with 131 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “MET”.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 17 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
55 /100
good
56 Bike commuting
55 Road
70 E-bike
71 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°FClear
- Wind17 mphE
- Rain5%Next 24h: 0.05"
- Humidity61%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise6:45 AM
- Sunset7:23 PM154 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 81°F · 5 mph E wind · mostly cloudy. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
81°
Mostly Cloudy
5 mph E
61
79°
Mostly Cloudy
3 mph E
61
Wind on this route
17 mph crosswind — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the ENE (70°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 257° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 268° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 307° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 358° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 0° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 360° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 360° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 42° · headwind 0.2 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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79°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3 −
17 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-6 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 About this route
- Distance
- 2.7 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 131 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- RCN · route MET
- Start
38.9532, -77.0045- City hub
- Silver Spring, MD
- OSM
- relation 14100140
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.