Rockville, MD · mostly separated · mixed
Matthew Henson Trail
4.5-mile mixed route with 75 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “MHT”, operated by Montgomery Parks, mostly separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 63°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 temp63°FClear
- Wind12 mphS
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity100%
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 · mostly sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).
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Wind on this route
12 mph crosswind — expect a 12 mph quartering headwind on the return.
Currently 12 mph from the SSE (150°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 254° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 237° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 257° · crosswind 0.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 251° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 254° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 257° · crosswind 0.3 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 212° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 243° · crosswind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 4.5 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 75 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN · route MHT
- Operator
- Montgomery Parks
- Start
39.0862, -77.0342- City hub
- Rockville, MD
- OSM
- relation 6889594
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.