Rockville, MD · separated · mixed
Montrose Parkway
2.9-mile mixed route with 49 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, 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.
- 41 mph wind — gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.
- Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
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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 temp82°FMostly Cloudy
- Wind41 mphSW
- Rain89%Next 24h: 0.77"
- Humidity70%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementwetmixed surface
- Sunrise6:05 AM
- Sunset8:24 PM394 min remaining
Best time today
Every remaining hour today is flagged hazardous. Save it for tomorrow.
Wind on this route
41 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 41 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 41 mph from the SSE (150°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 250° · crosswind 0.3 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 260° · crosswind 0.3 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 271° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 280° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 278° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 293° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 296° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 306° · tailwind 0.2 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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82°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3 −
41 mph wind Gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.
-36 +
Quartering tailwind 41 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 41 mph headwind on the return.
+3 −
Thunderstorms Lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
-45 −
Pavement: wet Wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
-32 Advisories & nearby alerts
NWSTest Message
About this route
- Distance
- 2.9 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 49 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN
- Start
39.0530, -77.1154- City hub
- Rockville, MD
- OSM
- relation 14981937
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.