Silver Spring, MD · separated · paved
Metropolitan Branch Trail (MD)
1.3-mile paved route with 16 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “MET”, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Thunderstorms in the forecast — lightning and cyclists are a bad combination.
- Thunderstorms — lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
- Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
- 21 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
Best for bike commuting 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 temp85°FPartly Cloudy
- Wind21 mphSW
- Rain91%Next 24h: 0.75"
- Humidity62%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementwetpaved surface
- Sunrise6:05 AM
- Sunset8:23 PM394 min remaining
Best time today
Every remaining hour today is flagged hazardous. Save it for tomorrow.
Wind on this route
21 mph headwind outbound — expect a 21 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 21 mph from the S (190°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 142° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 141° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 136° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 154° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 145° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 121° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 173° · headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 156° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
Advisories & nearby alerts
About this route
- Distance
- 1.3 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 16 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- RCN · route MET
- Start
38.9941, -77.0310- City hub
- Silver Spring, MD
- OSM
- relation 18302389
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.