Silver Spring, MD · separated · mixed
Sligo Creek Trail
Sligo Creek Trail is a paved hiker-biker trail running along Sligo Creek in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Most of the trail passes through tree-filled parkland. The trail and surrounding park is a popular place for locals to jog, walk, bicycle, roller-skate, and take their children to the playground. Many local families enjoy picnicking at one of the 15 picnic areas along the trail.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 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°FClear
- Wind17 mphNE
- Rain5%Next 24h: 0.04"
- Humidity61%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:45 AM
- Sunset7:23 PM154 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 81°F · 5 mph E wind · cloudy. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy
Wind on this route
17 mph crosswind — expect a 17 mph quartering headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the ENE (70°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 325° · crosswind 0.6 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 347° · crosswind 0.6 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 316° · quartering tailwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 287° · quartering tailwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 324° · crosswind 0.6 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 341° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 330° · crosswind 0.6 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 315° · quartering tailwind 0.6 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 7.6 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 318 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN · route SCT
- Start
38.9590, -76.9731- City hub
- Silver Spring, MD
- OSM
- relation 1772402
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.