MD · on road · mixed
Southern Maryland Potomac Heritage Trail On-Road Bicycling Route
48.2-mile mixed route with 161 ft of elevation gain, route reference “PHT”, routed on public roads.
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Today's verdict
Thunderstorms in the forecast — lightning and cyclists are a bad combination.
- Thunderstorms — lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
- Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
- 72°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
- Exposed + wet pavement — on road traffic with wet pavement — drivers have less reaction margin. take the lane.
- 17 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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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 temp72°FMostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
- Wind17 mphNW
- Rain43%Next 24h: 0.17"
- Humidity91%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementwetmixed surface
- Sunrise6:18 AM
- Sunset8:07 PM1285 min remaining
Wind on this route
17 mph crosswind — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the SW (220°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 305° · crosswind 2.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 3° · quartering tailwind 2.6 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 261° · quartering headwind 2.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 236° · headwind 2.6 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 279° · quartering headwind 2.6 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 214° · headwind 1.7 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 227° · headwind 2.7 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 139° · crosswind 2.1 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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72°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10 −
Exposed + wet pavement on road traffic with wet pavement — drivers have less reaction margin. Take the lane.
-6 −
17 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-6 −
Thunderstorms Lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
-45 −
Pavement: wet Wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
-32 About this route
- Distance
- 48.2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 161 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- on road
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Start
38.4526, -76.9907- OSM
- relation 18345436
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.