Washington, DC · separated · paved
Piney Branch Parkway Trail
0.8-mile paved route with 135 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “PBPT”, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 54°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
- 16 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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 temp54°FMostly Cloudy
- Wind16 mphNW
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 18O3 · Good
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise6:41 AM
- Sunset5:01 PM805 min remaining
Best time today
2 PM looks best — 58°F · 14 mph W wind · mostly sunny. 3 PM is a close second (77/100).
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Wind on this route
16 mph crosswind — expect a 16 mph quartering headwind on the return.
Currently 16 mph from the NW (315°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 72° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 64° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 87° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 83° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 83° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 59° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 67° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 53° · crosswind 0.1 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 0.8 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 135 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- RCN · route PBPT
- Start
38.9352, -77.0478- City hub
- Washington, DC
- OSM
- relation 16094928
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.