Silver Spring, MD · mixed · paved
Metropolitan Branch Trail Interim Route
2.7-mile paved route with 131 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “MET”.
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Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 66°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 temp66°FClear
- Wind— mphSW
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity91%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise6:44 AM
- Sunset7:27 PM740 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 69°F · 6 mph SW wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).
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Wind on this route
Calm — wind is a non-factor today.
Currently 0 mph from the N (0°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 257° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 268° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 307° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 358° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 0° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 360° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 360° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 42° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 2.7 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 131 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- RCN · route MET
- Start
38.9532, -77.0045- City hub
- Silver Spring, MD
- OSM
- relation 14100140
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.