Washington, DC · separated · mixed

East Coast Greenway (DC/MD Anacostia Alternative)

6.5 mi Out-and-back 52 ft gain

The East Coast Greenway is a 3,000-mile (4,800 km) pedestrian and bicycle route between Maine and Florida along the East Coast of the United States. The nonprofit East Coast Greenway Alliance was created in 1991 with the goal to use the entire route with off-road, shared-use paths; as of 2021, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) of the route (35%) meets these criteria. In 2020, the Greenway received over 50 million visits.

Live · updated Sep 9, 7:07 AM ET

Today's verdict

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

37 mph wind — gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.
70°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot

41 /100

41 Road

55 E-bike

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

70°F

Mostly Sunny
Wind

37 mph

SW
Rain

1%

Next 24h: 0.00"
Humidity

83%

Surface & daylight

Pavement

dry

mixed surface
Sunrise

6:44 AM
Sunset

7:27 PM

740 min remaining

Best time today

8 AM looks best — 70°F · 6 mph S wind · sunny.

8 AM Best

70°

Sunny

6 mph S

9 AM

73°

Sunny

6 mph SW

10 AM

78°

Mostly Sunny

7 mph S

11 AM

82°

Mostly Sunny

8 mph S

12 PM

83°

Mostly Sunny

9 mph S

1 PM

86°

Sunny

10 mph S

2 PM

88°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph S

3 PM

88°

Sunny

12 mph S

4 PM

88°

Sunny

12 mph S

5 PM

89°

Mostly Sunny

12 mph S

6 PM

87°

Partly Cloudy

12 mph S

Wind on this route

37 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 37 mph headwind on the return.

Currently 37 mph from the S (190°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.

Leg 1 Bearing 105° · crosswind 0.4 mi
Leg 2 Bearing 123° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
Leg 3 Bearing 83° · crosswind 0.5 mi
Leg 4 Bearing 59° · quartering tailwind 0.6 mi
Leg 5 Bearing 64° · quartering tailwind 0.6 mi
Leg 6 Bearing 50° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
Leg 7 Bearing 35° · tailwind 0.6 mi
Leg 8 Bearing 8° · tailwind 0.6 mi

Elevation profile

113 ft gain 133 ft loss Max 59' Min -7' 5.1 mi sampled

Score breakdown

70°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot

+10

−

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

-36

Quartering tailwind 37 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 37 mph headwind on the return.

Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.

About this route

Distance: 6.5 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain: 52 ft
Surface: mixed
Shape: Out-and-back
Traffic exposure: separated
Activities: road cycling · e bike
Cycle network: NCN · route ECG
Operator: East Coast Greenway Alliance
Start: 38.8720, -77.0174
City hub: Washington, DC
OSM: relation 13327825

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.