Arlington, VA · mostly separated · mixed
Fairfax Cross County Trail
23.9-mile mixed route with 230 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, mostly separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 68°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
Best for road cycling 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 temp68°FClear
- Wind— mphNW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity95%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise5:43 AM
- Sunset8:34 PM746 min remaining
Best time today
9 AM looks best — 76°F · 5 mph N wind · sunny. 10 AM is a close second (61/100).
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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 328° · quartering headwind 1.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 13° · headwind 1.9 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 312° · quartering headwind 1.7 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 301° · quartering headwind 1.7 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 292° · quartering headwind 2.0 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 278° · crosswind 1.5 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 32° · quartering headwind 1.7 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 345° · headwind 1.6 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- 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.