Silver Spring, MD · separated · mixed
Rachel Carson Greenway Trail
7.2-mile mixed route with 292 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “RCG”, operated by Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 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
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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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 quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 289° · crosswind 0.6 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 298° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 289° · crosswind 0.6 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 9° · headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 23° · headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 0° · headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 353° · headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 306° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 7.2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 292 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route RCG
- Operator
- Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
- Start
38.9456, -76.9419- City hub
- Silver Spring, MD
- OSM
- relation 1772400
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.