Fredericksburg, VA · on road · mixed
1 (Virginia)
54.1-mile mixed route with 469 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the U.S. Bicycle Route System, route reference “1”, routed on public roads.
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Today's verdict
Thunderstorms in the forecast — lightning and cyclists are a bad combination.
- Thunderstorms — lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
- Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
- Exposed + wet pavement — on road traffic with wet pavement — drivers have less reaction margin. take the lane.
- 17 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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 temp79°FHaze
- Wind17 mphNE
- Rain84%Next 24h: 0.35"
- Humidity79%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementwetmixed surface
- Sunrise5:57 AM
- Sunset8:32 PM565 min remaining
Best time today
Every remaining hour today is flagged hazardous. Save it for tomorrow.
Wind on this route
17 mph headwind outbound — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the NE (40°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 328° · crosswind 2.8 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 348° · quartering headwind 2.9 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 2° · quartering headwind 2.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 330° · quartering headwind 2.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 304° · crosswind 3.0 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 346° · quartering headwind 2.8 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 10° · quartering headwind 2.9 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 19° · headwind 3.0 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 54.1 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 469 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- on road
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- NCN · route 1
- Start
37.7649, -77.4795- City hub
- Fredericksburg, VA
- OSM
- relation 162525
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.