It's a Bike Day

Rockville, MD · on road · paved

Ridge Road

5.9 mi Out-and-back 151 ft gain

5.9-mile paved route with 151 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “27”, routed on public roads.

Today's verdict

Workable day to get the road bike out.

64 /100
good
63 Bike commuting
64 Road
76 E-bike
64 Bike-share

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 temp
    45°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    — mph
    NE
  • Rain
    3%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Air quality
    AQI 22
    O3 · Good
  • Humidity
    100%

Surface & daylight

  • Pavement
    dry
    paved surface
  • Sunrise
    7:30 AM
  • Sunset
    6:14 PM
    618 min remaining

Best time today

9 AM looks best — 50°F · 6 mph NE wind · sunny. 10 AM is a close second (77/100).

8 AM
47°

Sunny

6 mph NE
64
9 AM Best
50°

Sunny

6 mph NE
77
10 AM
56°

Sunny

6 mph NE
77
11 AM
59°

Sunny

6 mph NE
77
12 PM
62°

Sunny

5 mph NE
77
1 PM
64°

Sunny

3 mph N
77
2 PM
65°

Sunny

3 mph N
77
3 PM
66°

Sunny

2 mph N
77
4 PM
66°

Sunny

2 mph NE
77
5 PM
66°

Sunny

2 mph NE
77

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 tailwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 202° · tailwind 0.5 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 196° · tailwind 0.5 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 211° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 212° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 216° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 185° · tailwind 0.5 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 195° · tailwind 0.5 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 176° · tailwind 0.5 mi

Elevation profile

550'650'750'850' 0 mi1 mi2 mi3 mi4 mi5 mi6 mi
218 ft gain 455 ft loss Max 801' Min 564' 5.7 mi sampled

Score breakdown

·
45°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3
+
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
+
AQI 22 Clean air
+3

Advisories & nearby alerts

NWSTest Message

About this route

Distance
5.9 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
151 ft
Surface
paved
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
on road
Activities
road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
Cycle network
RCN · route 27
Start
39.2814, -77.2115
City hub
Rockville, MD
OSM
relation 16243506

Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.

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