Alexandria, VA · mostly separated · mixed
9-11 Trail (Virginia)
9.5-mile mixed route with 233 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, mostly separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.
- 29 mph wind — strong — plan for slow outbound if wind is against you.
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 temp81°FClear
- Wind29 mphNE
- Rain8%Next 24h: 0.08"
- Humidity58%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:46 AM
- Sunset7:23 PM154 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 82°F · 5 mph NE wind · mostly cloudy. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
Mostly Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy
Wind on this route
29 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 29 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 29 mph from the NNE (30°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 240° · tailwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 195° · tailwind 0.8 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 178° · quartering tailwind 0.8 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 164° · quartering tailwind 0.8 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 180° · quartering tailwind 0.8 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 182° · tailwind 0.8 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 154° · quartering tailwind 0.8 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 196° · tailwind 0.8 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 9.5 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 233 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- NCN · route 9-11
- Operator
- September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance
- Start
38.7971, -77.0404- City hub
- Alexandria, VA
- OSM
- relation 13594304
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.