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.

Skip today — the bike can wait.

  • Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
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25 Road
42 E-bike

Best for e-bike riding 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
    80°F
    Mostly Cloudy
  • Wind
    — mph
    NE
  • Rain
    8%
    Next 24h: 0.14"
  • Humidity
    63%
  • Pavement
    wet
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    6:46 AM
  • Sunset
    7:24 PM
    155 min remaining

5 PM looks best — 80°F · 3 mph NE wind · mostly cloudy. 6 PM is a close second (25/100).

5 PM Best
80°

Mostly Cloudy

3 mph NE
25
6 PM
79°

Mostly Cloudy

3 mph E
25

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

Currently 0 mph from the N (0°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 328° · quartering headwind 1.4 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 13° · headwind 1.9 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 312° · quartering headwind 1.7 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 301° · quartering headwind 1.7 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 292° · quartering headwind 2.0 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 278° · crosswind 1.5 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 32° · quartering headwind 1.7 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 345° · headwind 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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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
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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