9-11 Trail (DC/Maryland Anacostia Alternative)

6.1 mi Out-and-back 66 ft gain

6.1-mile mixed route with 66 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the U.S. Bicycle Route System, route reference “9-11”, operated by September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance, separated from motor traffic.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 66°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
74 /100
great
74 Road
73 E-bike

Best for road cycling 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
    66°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    — mph
    SW
  • Rain
    1%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    91%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    6:43 AM
  • Sunset
    7:26 PM
    740 min remaining

8 AM looks best — 69°F · 6 mph SW wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).

8 AM Best
69°

Sunny

6 mph SW
74
9 AM
72°

Sunny

7 mph SW
74
10 AM
78°

Mostly Sunny

7 mph SW
61
11 AM
81°

Mostly Sunny

8 mph SW
56
12 PM
83°

Sunny

9 mph SW
56
1 PM
86°

Sunny

10 mph SW
47
2 PM
87°

Mostly Sunny

12 mph SW
45
3 PM
88°

Sunny

12 mph S
47
4 PM
89°

Sunny

12 mph S
45
5 PM
87°

Mostly Sunny

12 mph S
49
6 PM
87°

Mostly Clear

12 mph S
49

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

Currently 0 mph from the N (0°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 232° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 241° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 225° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 186° · tailwind 0.5 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 201° · tailwind 0.5 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 224° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 246° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 238° · quartering tailwind 0.6 mi
-50'0'50'100' 0 mi1 mi2 mi3 mi4 mi5 mi
138 ft gain 115 ft loss Max 59' Min -7' 4.5 mi sampled
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66°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
+
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
Distance
6.1 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
66 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
NCN · route 9-11
Operator
September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance
Start
38.9054, -76.9488
City hub
Washington, DC
OSM
relation 13890675

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

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