Columbia, MD · mixed · mixed
Clarksville-Fort Meade Signed State Bicycle Route
11.4-mile mixed route with 433 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “32”, operated by Howard County Office of Transportation.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 66°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
- 17 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 temp66°FClear
- Wind17 mphSW
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity88%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:43 AM
- Sunset7:26 PM740 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 66°F · 6 mph SW wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).
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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 287° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 317° · crosswind 0.9 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 285° · quartering headwind 0.9 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 329° · crosswind 0.9 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 341° · quartering tailwind 1.0 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 305° · crosswind 0.9 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 329° · crosswind 0.8 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 314° · crosswind 0.7 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 11.4 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 433 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN · route 32
- Operator
- Howard County Office of Transportation
- Start
39.1232, -76.7857- City hub
- Columbia, MD
- OSM
- relation 6656742
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.