Silver Spring, MD · separated · mixed
Paint Branch Trail
3.3-mile mixed route with 177 ft of elevation gain, separated from motor traffic.
Live · updated
Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
58 /100
good
58 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 temp45°FClear
- Wind— mphNE
- Rain3%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 52PM2.5 · Moderate
- Humidity97%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise7:29 AM
- Sunset6:13 PM617 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 48°F · 5 mph N wind · patchy fog. 9 AM is a close second (71/100).
48°
Patchy Fog
5 mph N
71
54°
Sunny
6 mph NE
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6 mph NE
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6 mph NE
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6 mph NE
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67°
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5 mph NE
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69°
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5 mph NE
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5 mph NE
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5 mph NE
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68°
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5 mph E
71
Wind on this route
Calm — wind is a non-factor today.
Currently 0 mph from the N (0°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 312° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 311° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 293° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 0° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 11° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 1° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 300° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 355° · headwind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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45°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 ·
AQI 52 Moderate air — fine for shorter commutes, cut intervals short.
-3 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
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.