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
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 64°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
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 temp64°FClear
- Wind12 mphS
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity94%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:45 AM
- Sunset7:27 PM741 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 67°F · 7 mph S wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).
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Wind on this route
12 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 12 mph from the ESE (110°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 249° · quartering tailwind 2.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 313° · tailwind 2.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 300° · tailwind 2.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 328° · quartering tailwind 1.7 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 323° · quartering tailwind 1.9 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 354° · quartering tailwind 2.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 325° · quartering tailwind 1.9 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 346° · quartering tailwind 2.2 mi
Elevation profile
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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.