Middle Branch Trail

3.1 mi Out-and-back 98 ft gain

3.1-mile paved route with 98 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “MB”, operated by Baltimore City.

Workable day to get the road bike out.

  • 70°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
68 /100
good
67 Bike commuting
68 Road
68 E-bike
69 Bike-share

Best for bike-share touring 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
    70°F
    Mostly Sunny
  • Wind
    12 mph
    SW
  • Rain
    1%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    81%
  • Pavement
    dry
    paved surface
  • Sunrise
    6:42 AM
  • Sunset
    7:25 PM
    739 min remaining

8 AM looks best — 71°F · 5 mph SW wind · mostly sunny.

8 AM Best
71°

Mostly Sunny

5 mph SW
74
9 AM
74°

Mostly Sunny

5 mph SW
61
10 AM
78°

Mostly Sunny

6 mph SW
61
11 AM
81°

Mostly Sunny

7 mph SW
56
12 PM
83°

Sunny

8 mph SW
56
1 PM
86°

Mostly Sunny

9 mph SW
57
2 PM
87°

Sunny

10 mph SW
49
3 PM
88°

Sunny

12 mph S
47
4 PM
89°

Sunny

12 mph S
45
5 PM
87°

Mostly Sunny

12 mph S
49
6 PM
87°

Mostly Clear

12 mph S
49

12 mph headwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.

Currently 12 mph from the SW (225°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 243° · headwind 0.2 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 198° · headwind 0.3 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 153° · crosswind 0.2 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 207° · headwind 0.3 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 203° · headwind 0.3 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 112° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 122° · crosswind 0.3 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 88° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
0'50'100' 0 mi1 mi2 mi3 mi
165 ft gain 175 ft loss Max 59' Min 0' 2.7 mi sampled
+
70°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
12 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-2
Quartering headwind 12 mph headwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.
-4
+
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
Distance
3.1 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
98 ft
Surface
paved
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
mixed
Activities
road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
Cycle network
LCN · route MB
Operator
Baltimore City
Start
39.2741, -76.6258
City hub
Baltimore, MD
OSM
relation 7578747

Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.

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