Bethesda, MD · mixed · mixed
Georgetown Branch Trail Detour
1.7-mile mixed route with 98 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “GBTD”.
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Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 66°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
Best for road cycling 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
- Wind— mphSW
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity91%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:44 AM
- Sunset7:27 PM741 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 67°F · 6 mph S wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).
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Wind on this route
Calm — wind is a non-factor today.
Currently 0 mph from the N (0°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 234° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 249° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 158° · tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 173° · tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 177° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 180° · tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 172° · tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 179° · tailwind 0.1 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 1.7 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 98 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN · route GBTD
- Start
38.9985, -77.0888- City hub
- Bethesda, MD
- OSM
- relation 8040043
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.