Silver Spring, MD · mixed · mixed
Northeast Branch Trail
3.9-mile mixed route with 112 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “NBT”, operated by Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation.
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Today's verdict
Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.
- 17 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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 temp79°FClear
- Wind17 mphNE
- Rain6%Next 24h: 0.04"
- Humidity61%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:45 AM
- Sunset7:23 PM154 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 82°F · 5 mph E wind · mostly cloudy. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
Mostly Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy
Wind on this route
17 mph headwind outbound — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the ENE (70°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 55° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 43° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 28° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 30° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 325° · crosswind 0.3 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 75° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 32° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 15° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 3.9 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 112 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route NBT
- Operator
- Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
- Start
38.9452, -76.9421- City hub
- Silver Spring, MD
- OSM
- relation 1772399
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.