Bethesda, MD · mixed · paved
Georgetown Branch Trail
Interrupted by the Purple Line
Live · updated
Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 66°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
74 /100
great
73 Bike commuting
74 Road
73 E-bike
74 Bike-share
Best for road cycling today
Route map
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Atmosphere
- Air temp66°FClear
- Wind— mphS
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity91%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise6:44 AM
- Sunset7:27 PM741 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 68°F · 6 mph S wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).
68°
Sunny
6 mph S
74
71°
Mostly Sunny
6 mph SW
74
77°
Mostly Sunny
7 mph SW
61
80°
Mostly Sunny
8 mph SW
61
82°
Mostly Sunny
8 mph SW
56
85°
Sunny
10 mph SW
57
87°
Sunny
10 mph SW
56
87°
Sunny
12 mph SW
56
88°
Sunny
12 mph SW
54
86°
Mostly Sunny
12 mph S
55
86°
Mostly Clear
12 mph S
55
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 crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 56° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 26° · headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 45° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 65° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 75° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 96° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 46° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 63° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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66°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 Advisories & nearby alerts
NWSTest Message
About this route
- Distance
- 4.2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 112 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- RCN · route GBT
- Start
38.9826, -77.0916- City hub
- Bethesda, MD
- OSM
- relation 7178364 , relation 12048746
Description sourced from the OSM relation description tag.