Fairfax Cross County Trail

23.9 mi Out-and-back 230 ft gain

23.9-mile mixed route with 230 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, mostly separated from motor traffic.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 64°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
75 /100
great
75 Road
75 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
    64°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    12 mph
    S
  • Rain
    1%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    94%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    6:45 AM
  • Sunset
    7:27 PM
    741 min remaining

8 AM looks best — 67°F · 7 mph S wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).

8 AM Best
67°

Sunny

7 mph S
74
9 AM
71°

Sunny

7 mph SW
74
10 AM
76°

Mostly Sunny

7 mph SW
61
11 AM
79°

Sunny

8 mph SW
61
12 PM
82°

Sunny

9 mph SW
56
1 PM
85°

Sunny

10 mph SW
57
2 PM
86°

Sunny

10 mph S
58
3 PM
87°

Sunny

12 mph S
56
4 PM
88°

Mostly Sunny

12 mph S
54
5 PM
86°

Mostly Sunny

12 mph S
58
6 PM
85°

Mostly Clear

10 mph S
57

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.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 328° · quartering tailwind 1.4 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 13° · crosswind 1.9 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 312° · tailwind 1.7 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 301° · tailwind 1.7 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 292° · tailwind 2.0 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 278° · tailwind 1.5 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 32° · crosswind 1.7 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 345° · quartering tailwind 1.6 mi
200'250'300'350'400'450' 0 mi3 mi6 mi9 mi12 mi15 mi17 mi
446 ft gain 455 ft loss Max 420' Min 200' 17 mi sampled
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64°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
12 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-2
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Quartering tailwind 12 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.
+3
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
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.

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