Activity
Bike commuting
Daily utility cycling — work, errands, school drop-off. Commuters are experienced in their corridors and weather-flex, but they care about arriving presentable and safe in traffic. Morning and evening light matter more than midday. Short-radius trips, so heat and heavy rain are quit conditions more than elevation.
Ideal air temp: 50–75°F. Comfort range: 30–88°F.
Best routes today for bike commuting
Three Notch Trail
MD
80
10.6 mi paved
Virginia Avenue Southeast
Washington, DC
78
0.7 mi paved
1 (District of Columbia)
Bethesda, MD
78
5.2 mi paved
Blue Trail
VA
78
3.8 mi paved
Savour Solomons Island Route
MD
77
3 mi paved
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (WWB Crossing)
Alexandria, VA
77
3 mi paved
MetBranch to The Mall
Washington, DC
75
0.7 mi paved
Collegetown Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
75
2.4 mi paved
Gwynn Falls Trail (Ravens Stadium Outbound)
Baltimore, MD
75
0.4 mi paved
Middle Branch Trail
Baltimore, MD
75
3.1 mi paved
Cameron Run Park Trail
Alexandria, VA
75
1.4 mi paved
Potomac Yard Trail
Alexandria, VA
75
2.3 mi paved
Bay to River Historic Route
MD
74
35.9 mi paved
Prince Frederick Town and Country Route
MD
74
7.8 mi paved
14th Street Bridge
Washington, DC
72
0.7 mi paved
Piney Branch Parkway Trail
Washington, DC
72
0.8 mi paved
Dundalk Loop
Baltimore, MD
72
4.5 mi paved
Gwynn Falls Trail (Winans Way Alternative)
Baltimore, MD
72
0.3 mi paved
IRONMAN Loop
MD
72
10.9 mi paved
Towson Loop
Baltimore, MD
72
4 mi paved
Limerick Trail
PA
72
2.5 mi paved
Manayunk Bridge Trail
Philadelphia, PA
72
0.4 mi paved
Pennsy Trail
Philadelphia, PA
72
1.1 mi paved
Radnor Trail
PA
72
2.5 mi paved
Arlington Boulevard Trail
Arlington, VA
72
1.4 mi paved
Bluemont Junction Trail
Arlington, VA
72
1.3 mi paved
Oxon Cove Park Hiker-Biker Trail
Alexandria, VA
70
1.1 mi paved
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (East)
Alexandria, VA
70
2.1 mi paved
Cynwyd Heritage Trail
Philadelphia, PA
69
2.2 mi paved
Delaware River Trail
Philadelphia, PA
69
1.8 mi paved
Leiper-Smedley Trail
PA
69
2 mi paved
Martin Luther King Junior Drive Trail
Philadelphia, PA
69
4.3 mi paved
Struble Trail
PA
69
2.6 mi paved
Uwchlan Trail
PA
69
3.5 mi paved
Capital Crescent Trail
Washington, DC
68
7.6 mi paved
Klingle Valley Trail
Washington, DC
68
0.6 mi paved
Metropolitan Branch Trail
Washington, DC
68
5.1 mi paved
Collegetown Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
68
1.2 mi paved
Collegetown Loyola University
Baltimore, MD
68
2 mi paved
Collegetown Notre Dame of Maryland University
Baltimore, MD
68
2.1 mi paved
Gwynn Falls Trail (Hutton Trail Alternative)
Baltimore, MD
68
0.7 mi paved
Gwynn Falls Trail (Ravens Stadium Inbound)
Baltimore, MD
68
0.5 mi paved
Hutton Trail
Baltimore, MD
68
0.5 mi paved
Indian Head Rail Trail
MD
68
12.9 mi paved
Arlington Blvd Trail South
Arlington, VA
68
1 mi paved
Custis Trail
Arlington, VA
68
4.3 mi paved
Green Trail
VA
68
2.8 mi paved
Key Bridge
Arlington, VA
68
0.4 mi paved
MVT Crystal City Connection
Arlington, VA
68
0.3 mi paved
MDBR 4
MD
66
4.2 mi paved
Cumberland Valley Rail Trail
PA
66
9.6 mi paved
15th Street Bikeway
Philadelphia, PA
65
5.2 mi paved
Gwynn Falls Trail (Dickeyville Trail Alternative)
Baltimore, MD
64
0.7 mi paved
Persimmon Tree Road Trail
Bethesda, MD
64
2 mi paved
Audubon Loop Trail
PA
63
4.1 mi paved
Baxter Trail
PA
63
1.8 mi paved
Blue Park Trail
PA
63
1.1 mi paved
Centennial Loop
Philadelphia, PA
63
3.2 mi paved
Cross County Trail
PA
63
3.4 mi paved
Green Multi-Use Trail
PA
63
2.4 mi paved
Orange Multi-Use Trail
PA
63
1.4 mi paved
Purple Multi-Use Trail
PA
63
2 mi paved
202 Parkway Trail
PA
62
8.5 mi paved
BicyclePA Route L1
Allentown, PA
62
5.3 mi paved
Brandywine Creek Trail
PA
62
2.5 mi paved
Chester Creek Trail
PA
62
2.8 mi paved
Darby Creek Trail
Philadelphia, PA
62
1.3 mi paved
Neshaminy Creek Greenway Trail
PA
62
6.8 mi paved
Skippack Village Spur Trail
PA
62
1.9 mi paved
West Bank Greenway
Philadelphia, PA
62
1.2 mi paved
Brooke Pioneer Trail
Wheeling, WV
62
6.9 mi paved
East Wetzel Rail Trail
WV
62
0.9 mi paved
Glen Dale to Moundsville Rail-Trail
Wheeling, WV
62
2.5 mi paved
Caperton Trail
Morgantown, WV
61
5.6 mi paved
BicyclePA Route J1
Lancaster, PA
60
16.9 mi paved
Forks Township Trail System
PA
60
1.1 mi paved
BicyclePA Route E
Philadelphia, PA
59
7.8 mi paved
East Coast Greenway (PA on-road Heinz Refuge alternate northbound)
Philadelphia, PA
59
4.5 mi paved
East Coast Greenway (PA on-road Heinz Refuge alternate southbound)
Philadelphia, PA
59
4.5 mi paved
Forks Township Recreation Trail
PA
59
2.3 mi paved
Mill Mountain Greenway
Roanoke, VA
59
1.2 mi paved
Frog Hollow Trail
Martinsburg, WV
59
1.1 mi paved
13th Street Bikeway
Philadelphia, PA
58
4.3 mi paved
Horsham Power Line Trail
PA
58
5 mi paved
Browns Run Trail
PA
57
1.7 mi paved
Greene River Trail
PA
57
7.1 mi paved
Marion County Trail
WV
57
2.3 mi paved
Mon River Trail North
Morgantown, WV
57
5.9 mi paved
Widney Park Rail-Trail
WV
57
0.6 mi paved
Wheeling Heritage Trail
Wheeling, WV
56
11.3 mi paved
Germantown Road
Rockville, MD
55
0.9 mi paved
MDBR 115
Rockville, MD
55
1 mi paved
MDBR 200
Rockville, MD
55
6 mi paved
Metropolitan Branch Trail (MD)
Silver Spring, MD
55
1.3 mi paved
South Shore Trail
MD
55
2.8 mi paved
Karl Stirner Arts Trail
Bethlehem, PA
55
1.6 mi paved
Cranberry/Tri Rivers Rail Trail
WV
55
17.5 mi paved
West Fork River Trail
WV
55
13.7 mi paved
DE Bicycle Route 1
Rehoboth Beach, DE
52
46.3 mi paved
James F. Hall Trail
Newark, DE
52
1.8 mi paved
Airpark Road
Rockville, MD
52
1.8 mi paved
Frederick Douglass Rail Trail
MD
52
2.8 mi paved
Indigo Route
Columbia, MD
52
0.8 mi paved
MD 124
Rockville, MD
52
1.6 mi paved
Needwood Road Multiuse Trail
Rockville, MD
52
2.1 mi paved
Poplar Trail East Extension
Annapolis, MD
52
0.6 mi paved
Wayne Gilchrest Trail
MD
52
1.5 mi paved
Wellsburg Yankee Trail
WV
52
1.4 mi paved
Maroon Route
Columbia, MD
51
3.6 mi paved
MDBR 190
Rockville, MD
51
3.7 mi paved
Watkins Mill Road
Rockville, MD
51
0.9 mi paved
Suffolk Seaboard Coastline Trail
Norfolk, VA
51
3.5 mi paved
Eastern Panhandle Recreational Trail
Harpers Ferry, WV
51
10.4 mi paved
Broomes Island/Saint Leonard Route
MD
50
6.6 mi paved
Bethesda Trolley Trail
Bethesda, MD
48
3.3 mi paved
Georgetown Branch Trail
Bethesda, MD
48
4.2 mi paved
Greenbelt Park Route
Silver Spring, MD
48
1.4 mi paved
MDBR 28
Rockville, MD
48
3.7 mi paved
Seven Locks Road
Rockville, MD
48
5 mi paved
Beckley Rail Trail
Beckley, WV
47
3.6 mi paved
Carl Henn Millennium Trail
Rockville, MD
46
10.7 mi paved
Falls Road Trail
Rockville, MD
46
1.9 mi paved
Indian Creek Trail
Silver Spring, MD
46
0.4 mi paved
Kitzmiller Trail
MD
46
0.8 mi paved
Mosser Road Heritage Trail
MD
46
0.6 mi paved
Oakland Heritage Trail
MD
46
0.7 mi paved
Scarlet Tangier Loop
MD
46
3.1 mi paved
Silver Spring Greenway
Silver Spring, MD
46
0.5 mi paved
Meadow River Trail
WV
46
16.6 mi paved
C&D Canal Trail
Newark, DE
45
6.5 mi paved
Ben Cardin Recreational Trail
MD
45
1.8 mi paved
Bradley Boulevard Trail
Bethesda, MD
45
0.5 mi paved
Great Seneca Highway Bicycle Route
Rockville, MD
45
4.4 mi paved
Poplar Trail
Annapolis, MD
45
0.9 mi paved
Angelica Creek Trail
Reading, PA
45
1.9 mi paved
Cape–Lewes Trail
Lewes, DE
43
1.6 mi paved
Dismal Swamp Trail
VA
43
8.2 mi paved
Dufief Mill Road
Rockville, MD
42
2 mi paved
MDBR 182
Silver Spring, MD
42
5.4 mi paved
MDBR 704
Washington, DC
42
2.2 mi paved
Redland Road
Rockville, MD
42
0.7 mi paved
Ridge Road
Rockville, MD
42
5.9 mi paved
Shady Grove Road
Rockville, MD
42
1.2 mi paved
BicyclePA Route J2
Harrisburg, PA
42
38.5 mi paved
Metropolitan Branch Trail Interim Route
Silver Spring, MD
41
2.7 mi paved
Bethesda Bikeway
Bethesda, MD
41
1.1 mi paved
Oaklyn Drive Trail
Bethesda, MD
41
2.5 mi paved
Piccard Drive
Rockville, MD
41
0.6 mi paved
Poplar Trail West Extension
Annapolis, MD
41
0.5 mi paved
BicyclePA Route S1
PA
41
7.5 mi paved
Southern Tip Hike & Bike Trail
VA
41
4.9 mi paved
Bike Loop
Lewes, DE
40
2.9 mi paved
Georgetown/Lewes Trail
Lewes, DE
40
7.7 mi paved
Blue Course Bikeway
State College, PA
33
2.6 mi paved
The Old PA Pike Trail
PA
32
8.4 mi paved
Hub City Bike Loop
Hagerstown, MD
29
0.4 mi paved
Penn State Eastern Campus/Stadium Route
State College, PA
27
1.5 mi paved
Bedford Heritage Trail
PA
26
2.4 mi paved
East Branch Trail
PA
25
3.1 mi paved
Moraine State Park Bike Trail
PA
25
7.3 mi paved
Ohio River Trail
PA
24
8.2 mi paved
Luzerne County Levee Trail
PA
23
3 mi paved
Cumberland Salem Revolution
Wilmington, DE
22
46.5 mi paved
Delaware City Branch Trail
DE
22
2 mi paved
Lincoln Avenue Rails to Trails Greenway
PA
22
1.4 mi paved
West Overton Village Trail
PA
22
0.3 mi paved
Back Mountain Rail Trail
PA
20
4.6 mi paved
Cowanshannock Trail
PA
19
1.1 mi paved
Ford City Riverfront Trail
PA
18
0.6 mi paved
Hoodlebug Trail
PA
18
11.2 mi paved
Junction Hollow Trail
Pittsburgh, PA
16
0.8 mi paved
Lakeside Trail
PA
16
2 mi paved
Mansfield Hike & Bike Trail
PA
16
3.7 mi paved
Steel Valley Trail
Pittsburgh, PA
15
5.5 mi paved
Warren to North Warren Bike Trail
PA
14
1.2 mi paved
Beaver River Trail
PA
12
0.7 mi paved
Eliza Furnace Trail
Pittsburgh, PA
11
2.7 mi paved
Blairsville Riverfront Trail
PA
10
1.8 mi paved
Roaring Run Trail
PA
10
4.6 mi paved
36 (Pennsylvania)
PA
8
121.9 mi paved
BicyclePA Route Y
PA
8
121.9 mi paved
Hoodlebug Trail Extension
PA
7
2.7 mi paved
Oil Creek Trail
PA
6
9 mi paved
Samuel Justus Trail
PA
6
6.3 mi paved
Rock Furnace Trail
PA
5
1.4 mi paved
Allegheny Valley Trail
Pittsburgh, PA
3
1.1 mi paved
Clairton Connector
Pittsburgh, PA
3
4.2 mi paved
Redbank Valley Trail
PA
2
41.5 mi paved
Trout Island Trail
PA
2
2.4 mi paved
BicyclePA Route Y1
PA
0
18.9 mi paved
Path of the Flood Trail
PA
0
7.5 mi paved
BicyclePA Route V
PA
0
78.2 mi paved
Honan Avenue Trail
PA
0
3.1 mi paved
BicyclePA Route Z
Erie, PA
0
17.4 mi paved
United States Bicycle Route 30 (Pennsylvania)
Erie, PA
0
17.5 mi paved