Indian Head Rail Trail

12.9 mi Out-and-back 131 ft gain

The Indian Head Rail Trail is a 13.1-mile (21.1 km), shared-use rail trail that runs from Indian Head, Maryland, to White Plains, Maryland. It was built on the abandoned right-of-way of the old Cape Charles Railroad, a subsidiary of the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad (NYP&N), which ran from 1910 to 1972. Planned phases would extend the trail all the way to Cape Charles.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 64°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
78 /100
great
77 Bike commuting
78 Road
78 E-bike
79 Bike-share

Best for bike-share touring today

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  • Air temp
    64°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    12 mph
    SW
  • Rain
    0%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    94%
  • Pavement
    dry
    paved surface
  • Sunrise
    6:44 AM
  • Sunset
    7:26 PM
    740 min remaining

8 AM looks best — 66°F · 7 mph S wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).

8 AM Best
66°

Sunny

7 mph S
74
9 AM
70°

Mostly Sunny

7 mph SW
74
10 AM
76°

Sunny

8 mph SW
61
11 AM
79°

Sunny

9 mph SW
61
12 PM
82°

Sunny

10 mph SW
50
1 PM
85°

Sunny

12 mph S
54
2 PM
85°

Sunny

13 mph S
54
3 PM
86°

Sunny

13 mph S
55
4 PM
87°

Sunny

13 mph S
53
5 PM
85°

Sunny

13 mph S
54
6 PM
84°

Mostly Clear

12 mph S
54

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

Currently 12 mph from the ESE (110°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a tailwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 287° · tailwind 1.1 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 268° · tailwind 1.2 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 272° · tailwind 1.2 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 268° · tailwind 1.1 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 255° · quartering tailwind 1.1 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 242° · quartering tailwind 1.2 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 253° · quartering tailwind 1.1 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 306° · tailwind 1.2 mi
0'50'100'150'200'250' 0 mi2 mi4 mi6 mi8 mi10 mi12 mi13 mi
260 ft gain 341 ft loss Max 233' Min 10' 12.5 mi sampled
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64°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
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12 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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Tailwind on this route 12 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
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Distance
12.9 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
131 ft
Surface
paved
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
Cycle network
LCN · route IHRT
Start
38.5921, -76.9475
OSM
relation 3634416

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.

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