Great Seneca Highway Bicycle Route

4.4 mi Out-and-back 171 ft gain

4.4-mile paved route with 171 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “119”, separated from motor traffic.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 63°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
75 /100
great
74 Bike commuting
75 Road
75 E-bike
76 Bike-share

Best for bike-share touring today

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  • 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
    7:28 PM
    741 min remaining

8 AM looks best — 66°F · 5 mph S wind · mostly sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).

8 AM Best
66°

Mostly Sunny

5 mph S
74
9 AM
71°

Mostly Sunny

5 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

8 mph SW
56
2 PM
86°

Mostly Sunny

9 mph SW
57
3 PM
86°

Sunny

10 mph SW
58
4 PM
86°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW
58
5 PM
87°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW
56
6 PM
86°

Mostly Clear

10 mph S
58

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

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

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 304° · tailwind 0.4 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 282° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 273° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 312° · tailwind 0.4 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 327° · tailwind 0.4 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 334° · tailwind 0.4 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 18° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 15° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
300'350'400'450'500' 0 mi1 mi2 mi3 mi4 mi4 mi
229 ft gain 193 ft loss Max 469' Min 302' 4.2 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
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Quartering tailwind 12 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.
+3
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
NWSTest Message
Distance
4.4 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
171 ft
Surface
paved
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
Cycle network
RCN · route 119
Start
39.1334, -77.2450
City hub
Rockville, MD
OSM
relation 17202907

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

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