Matthew Henson Trail

4.5 mi Out-and-back 75 ft gain

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.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 63°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
72 /100
great
72 Road
72 E-bike

Best for road cycling today

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.

  • Air temp
    63°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    12 mph
    S
  • Rain
    1%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    100%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    6:44 AM
  • Sunset
    7:27 PM
    741 min remaining

8 AM looks best — 67°F · 6 mph S wind · mostly sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).

8 AM Best
67°

Mostly Sunny

6 mph S
74
9 AM
71°

Mostly Sunny

6 mph SW
74
10 AM
75°

Mostly Sunny

6 mph SW
61
11 AM
79°

Mostly Sunny

7 mph SW
61
12 PM
81°

Mostly Sunny

8 mph SW
56
1 PM
84°

Sunny

9 mph SW
56
2 PM
85°

Mostly Sunny

9 mph SW
56
3 PM
86°

Sunny

10 mph SW
47
4 PM
87°

Sunny

10 mph SW
45
5 PM
85°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph S
50
6 PM
85°

Partly Cloudy

10 mph S
50

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.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 254° · crosswind 0.4 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 237° · crosswind 0.4 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 257° · crosswind 0.3 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 251° · crosswind 0.4 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 254° · crosswind 0.4 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 257° · crosswind 0.3 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 212° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 243° · crosswind 0.3 mi
200'250'300'350'400'450' 0 mi1 mi2 mi3 mi4 mi
152 ft gain 322 ft loss Max 427' Min 243' 3.9 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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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
NWSTest Message
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.

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