Falls Road Trail

1.9 mi Out-and-back 125 ft gain

1.9-mile paved route with 125 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, separated from motor traffic.

Workable day to get the road bike out.

  • 63°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
68 /100
good
67 Bike commuting
68 Road
68 E-bike
69 Bike-share

Best for bike-share touring 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
    63°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    12 mph
    S
  • Rain
    1%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    100%
  • Pavement
    dry
    paved surface
  • Sunrise
    6:44 AM
  • Sunset
    7:27 PM
    741 min remaining

8 AM looks best — 67°F · 5 mph S wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).

8 AM Best
67°

Sunny

5 mph S
74
9 AM
71°

Mostly Sunny

6 mph SW
74
10 AM
76°

Mostly Sunny

6 mph SW
61
11 AM
79°

Mostly Sunny

7 mph SW
61
12 PM
82°

Mostly Sunny

8 mph SW
56
1 PM
84°

Sunny

9 mph SW
56
2 PM
85°

Mostly Sunny

9 mph SW
56
3 PM
86°

Sunny

10 mph SW
47
4 PM
86°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW
47
5 PM
87°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW
45
6 PM
85°

Mostly Clear

10 mph S
50

12 mph headwind outbound — expect a 12 mph quartering headwind on the return.

Currently 12 mph from the SSE (150°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 238° · crosswind 0.2 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 224° · crosswind 0.2 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 222° · crosswind 0.2 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 220° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 221° · crosswind 0.2 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 212° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 211° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 212° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
300'350'400'450' 0 mi1 mi2 mi
144 ft gain 69 ft loss Max 407' Min 322' 1.8 mi sampled
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63°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
12 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-2
Quartering headwind 12 mph headwind outbound — expect a 12 mph quartering headwind on the return.
-4
+
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
NWSTest Message
Distance
1.9 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
125 ft
Surface
paved
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
Cycle network
LCN
Start
39.0166, -77.2110
City hub
Rockville, MD
OSM
relation 15965314

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

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