Silver Spring, MD · separated · mixed
Paint Branch Trail
3.3-mile mixed route with 177 ft of elevation gain, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.
- 41 mph wind — gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.
- 56°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
Best for e-bike riding 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 temp56°FCloudy
- Wind41 mphNW
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 33PM2.5 · Good
- Humidity58%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:41 AM
- Sunset5:01 PM805 min remaining
Best time today
1 PM looks best — 57°F · 12 mph W wind · mostly sunny. 2 PM is a close second (75/100).
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Wind on this route
41 mph headwind outbound — expect a 41 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 41 mph from the NW (310°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 312° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 311° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 293° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 0° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 11° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 1° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 300° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 355° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 3.3 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 177 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Start
38.9845, -76.9261- City hub
- Silver Spring, MD
- OSM
- relation 1772401
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.