Alexandria, VA · separated · mixed
Fairfax County Parkway Trail
27.8-mile mixed route with 308 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “FCP”, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 55°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
- 16 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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 temp55°FCloudy
- Wind16 mphNW
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 18O3 · Good
- Humidity58%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:42 AM
- Sunset5:02 PM806 min remaining
Best time today
4 AM looks best — 49°F · 12 mph NW wind · mostly cloudy. 8 AM is a close second (71/100).
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Wind on this route
16 mph headwind outbound — expect a 16 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 16 mph from the NW (315°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 249° · quartering headwind 2.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 313° · headwind 2.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 300° · headwind 2.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 328° · headwind 1.7 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 323° · headwind 1.9 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 354° · quartering headwind 2.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 325° · headwind 1.9 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 346° · quartering headwind 2.2 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 27.8 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 308 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route FCP
- Start
38.7586, -77.2224- City hub
- Alexandria, VA
- OSM
- relation 1100278
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.