MD · on road · mixed
Southern Maryland Potomac Heritage Trail On-Road Bicycling Route
48.2-mile mixed route with 161 ft of elevation gain, route reference “PHT”, routed on public roads.
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Today's verdict
Skip today — the bike can wait.
- 46 mph wind — gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.
- 59°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 temp59°FCloudy
- Wind46 mphNW
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 18O3 · Good
- Humidity69%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:40 AM
- Sunset5:02 PM806 min remaining
Best time today
4 AM looks best — 48°F · 10 mph NW wind · mostly cloudy. 9 AM is a close second (75/100).
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Wind on this route
46 mph crosswind — expect a 46 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 46 mph from the NW (320°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 305° · headwind 2.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 3° · quartering headwind 2.6 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 261° · quartering headwind 2.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 236° · crosswind 2.6 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 279° · quartering headwind 2.6 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 214° · crosswind 1.7 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 227° · crosswind 2.7 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 139° · tailwind 2.1 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 48.2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 161 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- on road
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Start
38.4526, -76.9907- OSM
- relation 18345436
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.