Arlington, VA · mostly separated · mixed
Fairfax Cross County Trail
23.9-mile mixed route with 230 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, mostly 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
- 15 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
- Wind15 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. 9 AM is a close second (71/100).
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Wind on this route
15 mph headwind outbound — expect a 15 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 15 mph from the NW (315°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 328° · headwind 1.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 13° · quartering headwind 1.9 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 312° · headwind 1.7 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 301° · headwind 1.7 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 292° · headwind 2.0 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 278° · quartering headwind 1.5 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 32° · crosswind 1.7 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 345° · headwind 1.6 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 23.9 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 230 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN
- Start
38.7940, -77.2152- City hub
- Arlington, VA
- OSM
- relation 1613206
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.