Seven Locks Road

5 mi Out-and-back 135 ft gain

5-mile paved route with 135 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “7LR”, routed on public roads.

Workable day to get the road bike out.

  • 63°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
68 /100
good
67 Bike commuting
68 Road
68 E-bike
69 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 — 67°F · 6 mph S wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).

8 AM Best
67°

Sunny

6 mph S
74
9 AM
71°

Mostly Sunny

6 mph SW
74
10 AM
76°

Mostly Sunny

6 mph SW
61
11 AM
79°

Mostly Sunny

7 mph SW
61
12 PM
82°

Mostly Sunny

8 mph SW
56
1 PM
84°

Sunny

9 mph SW
56
2 PM
86°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW
51
3 PM
86°

Sunny

10 mph SW
51
4 PM
86°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW
51
5 PM
87°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW
49
6 PM
86°

Mostly Clear

10 mph SW
51

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

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

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 177° · headwind 0.2 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 198° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 187° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 172° · headwind 0.4 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 173° · headwind 0.5 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 177° · headwind 0.4 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 183° · quartering headwind 0.5 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 192° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
100'150'200'250'300'350' 0 mi1 mi2 mi3 mi4 mi5 mi
175 ft gain 345 ft loss Max 318' Min 128' 4.6 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
Quartering headwind 12 mph headwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.
-4
+
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
NWSTest Message
Distance
5 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
135 ft
Surface
paved
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
on road
Activities
road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
Cycle network
RCN · route 7LR
Start
39.0404, -77.1591
City hub
Rockville, MD
OSM
relation 15771972

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

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