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
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 17 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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 — 80°F · 3 mph E wind · mostly cloudy. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
Mostly Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy
Wind on this route
17 mph crosswind — expect a 17 mph quartering headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the ENE (70°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 142° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 141° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 136° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 154° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 145° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 121° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 173° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 156° · crosswind 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.