Silver Spring, MD · separated · mixed
Rock Creek Hiker/Biker Trail
14.4-mile mixed route with 194 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “RCT”, 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
- Sunrise6:44 AM
- Sunset7:27 PM741 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 68°F · 6 mph S 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 headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 321° · quartering headwind 0.7 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 355° · headwind 1.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 252° · crosswind 0.9 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 306° · quartering headwind 1.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 24° · headwind 0.9 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 359° · headwind 1.0 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 346° · headwind 1.0 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 323° · quartering headwind 1.0 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 14.4 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 194 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route RCT
- Start
38.9863, -77.0533- City hub
- Silver Spring, MD
- OSM
- relation 8131382
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.