Columbia, MD · mixed · paved
Maroon Route
3.6-mile paved route with 164 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network.
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Today's verdict
Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.
- 37 mph wind — gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.
- 55°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
Best for bike-share touring 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 temp55°FCloudy
- Wind37 mphNW
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 33PM2.5 · Good
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise6:41 AM
- Sunset5:00 PM804 min remaining
Best time today
1 PM looks best — 57°F · 14 mph W wind · mostly sunny. 9 AM is a close second (78/100).
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Wind on this route
37 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 37 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 37 mph from the WNW (300°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 125° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 87° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 92° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 106° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 118° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 137° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 83° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 25° · crosswind 0.3 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 3.6 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 164 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- RCN
- Start
39.2126, -76.8556- City hub
- Columbia, MD
- OSM
- relation 17302265
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.