Catonsville Short Line Trail

2.7 mi Out-and-back 26 ft gain

2.7-mile mixed route with 26 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “CSL”, operated by Catonsville Heritage Trails.

Workable day to get the road bike out.

55 /100
good
55 Road
68 E-bike

Best for e-bike riding today

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.

  • Air temp
    78°F
    Mostly Cloudy
  • Wind
    10 mph
    E
  • Rain
    10%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    76%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    5:50 AM
  • Sunset
    8:34 PM
    566 min remaining

12 PM looks best — 80°F · 8 mph E wind · mostly cloudy. 7 PM is a close second (61/100).

12 PM Best
80°

Mostly Cloudy

8 mph E
61
1 PM
81°

Partly Sunny

9 mph E
56
2 PM
82°

Mostly Cloudy

9 mph E
56
3 PM
83°

Mostly Cloudy

10 mph E
50
4 PM
84°

Mostly Cloudy

10 mph E
50
5 PM
84°

Mostly Cloudy

10 mph E
50
6 PM
82°

Mostly Cloudy

9 mph SE
56
7 PM
79°

Mostly Cloudy

9 mph SE
61
8 PM
78°

Mostly Cloudy

7 mph E
61

Light headwind (10 mph) — noticeable but not brutal.

Currently 10 mph from the E (90°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 144° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 68° · headwind 0.2 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 34° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 349° · crosswind 0.2 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 19° · crosswind 0.2 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 134° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 132° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 101° · headwind 0.2 mi
250'300'350'400'450'500' 0 mi1 mi2 mi2 mi
77 ft gain 274 ft loss Max 482' Min 285' 2.2 mi sampled
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78°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3
10 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-2
Quartering headwind Light headwind (10 mph) — noticeable but not brutal.
-4
+
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
Distance
2.7 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
26 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
mixed
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
LCN · route CSL
Operator
Catonsville Heritage Trails
Start
39.2664, -76.7318
City hub
Baltimore, MD
OSM
relation 11366449

Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.

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