Piccard Drive

0.6 mi Out-and-back 49 ft gain

0.6-mile paved route with 49 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 63°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
78 /100
great
77 Bike commuting
78 Road
78 E-bike
79 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
    63°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    12 mph
    S
  • Rain
    1%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    100%
  • Pavement
    dry
    paved surface
  • Sunrise
    6:44 AM
  • Sunset
    7:27 PM
    741 min remaining

8 AM looks best — 66°F · 5 mph S wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).

8 AM Best
66°

Sunny

5 mph S
74
9 AM
71°

Mostly Sunny

6 mph SW
74
10 AM
75°

Mostly Sunny

6 mph SW
61
11 AM
79°

Mostly Sunny

7 mph SW
61
12 PM
81°

Mostly Sunny

8 mph SW
56
1 PM
85°

Sunny

9 mph SW
56
2 PM
85°

Mostly Sunny

9 mph SW
56
3 PM
86°

Sunny

10 mph SW
55
4 PM
87°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW
53
5 PM
85°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW
54
6 PM
85°

Mostly Clear

10 mph S
60

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

Currently 12 mph from the SSE (150°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a tailwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 345° · tailwind 0.0 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 337° · tailwind 0.1 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 334° · tailwind 0.1 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 333° · tailwind 0.1 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 332° · tailwind 0.1 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 330° · tailwind 0.1 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 334° · tailwind 0.1 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 341° · tailwind 0.0 mi
400'450'500' 0 mi1 mi
49 ft gain 13 ft loss Max 482' Min 446' 0.5 mi sampled
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63°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
12 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-2
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Tailwind on this route 12 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.
+6
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
NWSTest Message
Distance
0.6 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
49 ft
Surface
paved
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
mixed
Activities
road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
Cycle network
RCN
Start
39.1017, -77.1772
City hub
Rockville, MD
OSM
relation 16116835 , relation 16116836

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

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