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
Skip today — the bike can wait.
- Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
25 /100
skip
25 Road
42 E-bike
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 temp80°FMostly Cloudy
- Wind— mphNE
- Rain9%Next 24h: 0.16"
- Humidity63%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementwetmixed surface
- Sunrise6:46 AM
- Sunset7:24 PM155 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 81°F · 3 mph E wind · mostly cloudy. 6 PM is a close second (25/100).
81°
Mostly Cloudy
3 mph E
25
80°
Mostly Cloudy
3 mph E
25
Wind on this route
Calm — wind is a non-factor today.
Currently 0 mph from the N (0°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 249° · quartering tailwind 2.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 313° · quartering headwind 2.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 300° · quartering headwind 2.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 328° · quartering headwind 1.7 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 323° · quartering headwind 1.9 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 354° · headwind 2.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 325° · quartering headwind 1.9 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 346° · headwind 2.2 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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80°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3 −
Pavement: wet Wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
-32 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.