Columbia, MD · mixed · mixed
1 (Maryland)
33.4-mile mixed route with 768 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the U.S. Bicycle Route System, route reference “1”.
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Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 57°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
- 16 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 temp57°FMostly Sunny
- Wind16 mphNW
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 20PM2.5 · Good
- Humidity59%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:41 AM
- Sunset4:59 PM802 min remaining
Best time today
4 AM looks best — 48°F · 12 mph NW wind · cloudy. 9 AM is a close second (75/100).
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Wind on this route
16 mph crosswind — expect a 16 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 16 mph from the NW (315°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 259° · quartering headwind 1.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 250° · quartering headwind 1.9 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 209° · crosswind 1.5 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 234° · crosswind 1.8 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 224° · crosswind 1.7 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 216° · crosswind 1.8 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 202° · quartering tailwind 1.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 259° · quartering headwind 1.6 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 33.4 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 768 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- NCN · route 1
- Start
39.5694, -76.6580- City hub
- Columbia, MD
- OSM
- relation 13312086
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.