Alexandria, VA · separated · paved
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (WWB Crossing)
3-mile paved route with 226 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “NHT”, operated by United States Department of Interior, National Park Service, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
Best for bike-share touring 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 temp82°FClear
- Wind6 mphNW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity42%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise5:42 AM
- Sunset8:33 PM614 min remaining
Best time today
2 PM looks best — 86°F · 6 mph W wind · sunny. 8 PM is a close second (62/100).
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Wind on this route
Light push at your back (6 mph).
Currently 6 mph from the NW (315°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 83° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 97° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 89° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 89° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 86° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 154° · tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 82° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 113° · tailwind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 3 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 226 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- RCN · route NHT
- Operator
- United States Department of Interior, National Park Service
- Start
38.7931, -77.0494- City hub
- Alexandria, VA
- OSM
- relation 13354969
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.