Silver Spring, MD · separated · mixed
Paint Branch Trail
3.3-mile mixed route with 177 ft of elevation gain, 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.
55 /100
good
55 Road
70 E-bike
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 mphE
- Rain5%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).
82°
Mostly Cloudy
5 mph E
61
80°
Mostly Cloudy
3 mph E
61
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 312° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 311° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 293° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 0° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 11° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 1° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 300° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 355° · crosswind 0.3 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
- 3.3 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 177 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Start
38.9845, -76.9261- City hub
- Silver Spring, MD
- OSM
- relation 1772401
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