Silver Spring, MD · separated · mixed
Rachel Carson Greenway Trail
7.2-mile mixed route with 292 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “RCG”, operated by Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
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
- Rain2%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 — 49°F · 5 mph N wind · patchy fog. 9 AM is a close second (71/100).
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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 quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 289° · crosswind 0.6 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 298° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 289° · crosswind 0.6 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 9° · headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 23° · headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 0° · headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 353° · headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 306° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 7.2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 292 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route RCG
- Operator
- Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
- Start
38.9456, -76.9419- City hub
- Silver Spring, MD
- OSM
- relation 1772400
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.