Rockville, MD · on road · paved

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.

Live · updated Nov 7, 3:37 AM ET

Today's verdict

Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.

41 mph wind — gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.
50°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot

40 /100

48 Bike commuting

40 Road

54 E-bike

49 Bike-share

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 temp

50°F

Cloudy
Wind

41 mph

NW
Rain

1%

Next 24h: 0.00"
Air quality

AQI 33

PM2.5 · Good

Surface & daylight

Pavement

dry

paved surface
Sunrise

6:42 AM
Sunset

5:02 PM

805 min remaining

Best time today

9 AM looks best — 50°F · 13 mph NW wind · sunny. 10 AM is a close second (78/100).

4 AM

47°

Mostly Cloudy

12 mph NW

5 AM

45°

Partly Cloudy

10 mph NW

6 AM

44°

Mostly Sunny

8 mph NW

7 AM

43°

Sunny

9 mph NW

8 AM

45°

Sunny

12 mph NW

9 AM Best

50°

Sunny

13 mph NW

10 AM

52°

Mostly Sunny

13 mph NW

11 AM

54°

Mostly Sunny

13 mph NW

12 PM

55°

Mostly Sunny

13 mph NW

1 PM

57°

Mostly Sunny

14 mph NW

2 PM

57°

Mostly Sunny

15 mph NW

3 PM

58°

Mostly Sunny

16 mph W

4 PM

56°

Mostly Sunny

17 mph NW

Wind on this route

41 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 41 mph quartering headwind on the return.

Currently 41 mph from the WNW (300°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.

Leg 1 Bearing 177° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
Leg 2 Bearing 198° · crosswind 0.4 mi
Leg 3 Bearing 187° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
Leg 4 Bearing 172° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
Leg 5 Bearing 173° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
Leg 6 Bearing 177° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
Leg 7 Bearing 183° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
Leg 8 Bearing 192° · crosswind 0.4 mi

Elevation profile

175 ft gain 345 ft loss Max 318' Min 128' 4.6 mi sampled

Score breakdown

50°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot

+10

−

Exposed + strong wind on road traffic in 20+ mph wind — gusts near passing vehicles are the hazard.

-4

−

41 mph wind Gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.

-36

Quartering tailwind 41 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 41 mph quartering headwind on the return.

Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.

AQI 33 Clean air

Advisories & nearby alerts

NWSTest Message

About this route

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.