Silver Spring, MD · separated · mixed
Rock Creek Hiker/Biker Trail
14.4-mile mixed route with 194 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “RCT”, separated from motor traffic.
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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
- Rain2%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 52PM2.5 · Moderate
- Humidity97%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise7:29 AM
- Sunset6:14 PM618 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 49°F · 5 mph N wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (71/100).
49°
Sunny
5 mph N
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5 mph N
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58°
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6 mph NE
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6 mph NE
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65°
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5 mph NE
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67°
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5 mph NE
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68°
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3 mph NE
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69°
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3 mph NE
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3 mph NE
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3 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 321° · quartering headwind 0.7 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 355° · headwind 1.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 252° · crosswind 0.9 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 306° · quartering headwind 1.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 24° · headwind 0.9 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 359° · headwind 1.0 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 346° · headwind 1.0 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 323° · quartering headwind 1.0 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 Advisories & nearby alerts
NWSTest Message
About this route
- Distance
- 14.4 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 194 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route RCT
- Start
38.9863, -77.0533- City hub
- Silver Spring, MD
- OSM
- relation 8131382
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.