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.
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 · sunny. 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 325° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 347° · headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 316° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 287° · crosswind 0.6 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 324° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 341° · headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 330° · headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 315° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
Elevation profile
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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.