Washington, DC · separated · mixed
9-11 Trail (DC/Maryland Anacostia Alternative)
6.1-mile mixed route with 66 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the U.S. Bicycle Route System, route reference “9-11”, operated by September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 17 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 temp79°FClear
- Wind17 mphE
- Rain6%Next 24h: 0.04"
- Humidity61%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:45 AM
- Sunset7:23 PM154 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 82°F · 5 mph E wind · cloudy. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy
Wind on this route
17 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the ENE (70°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 232° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 241° · tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 225° · tailwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 186° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 201° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 224° · tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 246° · tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 238° · tailwind 0.6 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 6.1 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 66 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- NCN · route 9-11
- Operator
- September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance
- Start
38.9054, -76.9488- City hub
- Washington, DC
- OSM
- relation 13890675
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.