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
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 66°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
74 /100
great
74 Road
73 E-bike
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
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:43 AM
- Sunset7:26 PM740 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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Sunny
6 mph SW
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Mostly Sunny
10 mph S
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Mostly Clear
9 mph S
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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 headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 312° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 311° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 293° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 0° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 11° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 1° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 300° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 355° · headwind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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66°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 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.