Alexandria, VA · separated · paved
Potomac Yard Trail
2.3-mile paved route with 49 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 52°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
- 21 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
77 /100
great
78 Bike commuting
77 Road
79 E-bike
67 Bike-share
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 temp52°FClear
- Wind21 mphNE
- Rain2%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 41PM2.5 · Good
- Humidity82%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise7:29 AM
- Sunset6:14 PM618 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 51°F · 5 mph N wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (77/100).
51°
Sunny
5 mph N
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5 mph N
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6 mph NE
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6 mph NE
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5 mph NE
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5 mph NE
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69°
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3 mph NE
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5 mph NE
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5 mph E
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Wind on this route
21 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 21 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 21 mph from the N (360°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 167° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 143° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 175° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 187° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 184° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 173° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 188° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 204° · tailwind 0.2 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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52°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10 −
21 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-6 +
Tailwind on this route 21 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 21 mph headwind on the return.
+6 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 +
AQI 41 Clean air
+3 About this route
- Distance
- 2.3 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 49 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- LCN
- Start
38.8429, -77.0503- City hub
- Alexandria, VA
- OSM
- relation 16457270
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.