Virginia Central Railway Trail

2.2 mi Out-and-back 230 ft gain

2.2-mile mixed route with 230 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, separated from motor traffic.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 72°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
74 /100
great
74 Road
73 E-bike

Best for road cycling 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
    72°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    — mph
    NW
  • Rain
    1%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    85%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    5:45 AM
  • Sunset
    8:34 PM
    746 min remaining

9 AM looks best — 76°F · 5 mph N wind · sunny. 10 AM is a close second (56/100).

9 AM Best
76°

Sunny

5 mph N
61
10 AM
82°

Sunny

5 mph N
56
11 AM
84°

Sunny

5 mph N
56
12 PM
85°

Sunny

3 mph N
56
1 PM
87°

Sunny

2 mph N
55
2 PM
89°

Sunny

2 mph N
51
3 PM
89°

Sunny

2 mph NW
51
4 PM
89°

Sunny

2 mph W
51
5 PM
90°

Sunny

3 mph W
49
6 PM
88°

Mostly Clear

2 mph NW
53
7 PM
87°

Mostly Clear

2 mph E
55
8 PM
83°

Mostly Clear

1 mph E
56

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

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

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 276° · crosswind 0.2 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 237° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 237° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 257° · crosswind 0.2 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 234° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 225° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 252° · crosswind 0.2 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 230° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
50'100'150'200'250' 0 mi1 mi2 mi
264 ft gain 109 ft loss Max 233' Min 59' 2.1 mi sampled
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72°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
+
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
Distance
2.2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
230 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
LCN
Start
38.2899, -77.4744
City hub
Fredericksburg, VA
OSM
relation 9735871

Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.

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