Alexandria, VA · separated · mixed
Mount Vernon Trail
The Mount Vernon Trail (MVT) is an 18-mile (29 km) long shared use path that travels along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Northern Virginia between Rosslyn and George Washington's home at Mount Vernon. The trail connects the easternmost portions of Arlington County, the City of Alexandria, and Fairfax County, and travels mostly on dedicated trail with a small portion on city streets. As part of U.S. Bike Route 1, the Potomac Heritage Trail and the East Coast Greenway, the MVT opened in April 1972 as a gravel path and was subsequently expanded and paved.
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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
- Sunset8:33 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 headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 93° · crosswind 1.0 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 59° · quartering headwind 1.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 351° · headwind 1.4 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 353° · headwind 1.5 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 355° · headwind 1.6 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 36° · quartering headwind 1.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 3° · headwind 1.5 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 343° · headwind 1.5 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 18.2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 135 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN · route MVT
- Start
38.7111, -77.0854- City hub
- Alexandria, VA
- OSM
- relation 1161688
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.