Columbia, MD · separated · mixed
Patuxent Branch Trail
The Patuxent Branch Trail is a 10.4-mile (16.7 km) trail in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It mostly runs along the path of the Patuxent River, just south of Maryland Route 32.
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Today's verdict
Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.
- Headwind on this route — 17 mph headwind outbound — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
- 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°FCloudy
- Wind17 mphE
- Rain3%Next 24h: 0.02"
- Humidity58%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:45 AM
- Sunset7:23 PM154 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 79°F · 3 mph E wind · partly sunny. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
Partly Sunny
Mostly Cloudy
Wind on this route
17 mph headwind outbound — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the E (80°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 73° · headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 65° · headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 43° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 66° · headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 61° · headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 27° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 55° · headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 33° · quartering headwind 0.0 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 0.6 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 16 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN
- Start
39.1780, -76.8568- City hub
- Columbia, MD
- OSM
- relation 9714100
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.