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.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 70°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
74 /100
great
73 Bike commuting
74 Road
73 E-bike
74 Bike-share

Best for road cycling today

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  • Air temp
    70°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    — mph
    W
  • Rain
    3%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Pavement
    dry
    paved surface
  • Sunrise
    6:16 AM
  • Sunset
    8:12 PM
    916 min remaining

7 AM looks best — 72°F · 5 mph W wind · partly sunny.

5 AM
73°

Partly Cloudy

3 mph W
61
6 AM
73°

Partly Sunny

5 mph W
61
7 AM Best
72°

Partly Sunny

5 mph W
74
8 AM
75°

Mostly Sunny

6 mph W
61
9 AM
76°

Partly Sunny

6 mph W
61
10 AM
81°

Mostly Sunny

7 mph W
61
11 AM
83°

Mostly Sunny

8 mph W
61
12 PM
85°

Sunny

8 mph W
61
1 PM
85°

Sunny

7 mph W
61
2 PM
87°

Sunny

7 mph W
60
3 PM
87°

Sunny

6 mph W
60
4 PM
87°

Sunny

6 mph W
60
5 PM
87°

Sunny

6 mph W
60
6 PM
88°

Mostly Clear

5 mph W
58
7 PM
86°

Mostly Clear

1 mph W
62

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
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
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70°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
NWSTest Message
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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