Rockville, MD · on road · paved
Ridge Road
5.9-mile paved route with 151 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “27”, routed on public roads.
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Today's verdict
Skip today — the bike can wait.
- 41 mph wind — gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.
- 50°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 temp50°FCloudy
- Wind41 mphNW
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 19O3 · Good
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise6:43 AM
- Sunset5:01 PM805 min remaining
Best time today
4 AM looks best — 48°F · 13 mph NW wind · mostly cloudy. 9 AM is a close second (78/100).
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Wind on this route
41 mph crosswind — expect a 41 mph quartering headwind on the return.
Currently 41 mph from the WNW (300°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 202° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 196° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 211° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 212° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 216° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 185° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 195° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 176° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 5.9 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 151 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- on road
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- RCN · route 27
- Start
39.2814, -77.2115- City hub
- Rockville, MD
- OSM
- relation 16243506
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.