Silver Spring, MD · separated · paved
Metropolitan Branch Trail (MD)
1.3-mile paved route with 16 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “MET”, separated from motor traffic.
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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— mphS
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity91%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise6:44 AM
- Sunset7:27 PM741 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 68°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 tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 142° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 141° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 136° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 154° · tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 145° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 121° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 173° · tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 156° · tailwind 0.1 mi
Elevation profile
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Advisories & nearby alerts
About this route
- Distance
- 1.3 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 16 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- RCN · route MET
- Start
38.9941, -77.0310- City hub
- Silver Spring, MD
- OSM
- relation 18302389
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.