How far is Warrenton, VA from Alexandria, 6?

The driving distance from Warrenton, VA to Alexandria, 6 is about 816.6 miles (1314.2 km), with a travel time of about 17h 20m by car.

  • The straight-line flight distance is about 5738.7 miles (9235.5 km).
  • For a round trip, plan for roughly 34h 41m of driving time before adding stops, traffic, or weather delays.
  • A comfortable departure window is usually 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM EDT.
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Road
816.59 mi
17h 20m
Flight
5738.67 mi
9235.5 km direct

This drive is better planned with a longer stop or an overnight stay.

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Flight Distance

Direct air line
5738.67 mi
Kilometers
9235.5 km
Flight Time
11h 32m

Driving Distance

Road route
816.59 mi
Kilometers
1314.18 km
Drive Time
17h 20m

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Drive time stays fixed at 17h 20m.

Arrival Snapshot
Arrive in Alexandria
Fri, Oct 16, 10:57 PM EEST
Return by in Warrenton
Sat, Oct 17, 9:18 AM EDT
Useful when you're deciding between a quick errand, a day trip, or a longer stop.
Leave Warrenton
2026-10-15T22:36
Arrive Alexandria
Fri, Oct 16, 3:57 PM EDT
Route Timing
17h 20m
One way by road
Best Departure Window
6:00 AM to 7:30 AM EDT
Treat this as a longer travel day
Arrive between
6:21 AM to 7:51 AM EEST

Starting early still helps, but most travelers will want a longer stop or an overnight stay on a route this long.

Leave by
1:18 AM EDT
Keeps a same-day return open with about 08h 00m at the destination.
Back in Warrenton
8:00 PM EDT
Overnight-style route

You are leaving earlier than the recommended window, which gives you extra margin for breaks and traffic.

Halfway Point

A useful midpoint for breaks, coffee, or meeting in the middle.

Mid-route stop
Stafford Springs
CT

City in the United States of America

From Warrenton
405.2 mi
08h 40m
To Alexandria
411.4 mi
08h 40m

Route Weather Snapshot

Check the forecast at both ends before you head out.

Origin
67°F
This Afternoon

Slight Chance Rain Showers

Starts
Thu, Oct 15 4:00 PM EDT
Wind
2 mph E
Destination

Forecast data is not available for this endpoint yet.

Driving Route Map

The map below follows the saved road route between Warrenton and Alexandria.

Turn-by-Turn Driving Directions

Step-by-step road directions between Warrenton and Alexandria.

  1. 1

    Start on Culpeper Street

    23 m · 7 sec · Culpeper Street

  2. 2

    Turn left onto Main Street

    43 m · 7 sec · Main Street

  3. 3

    Turn right onto Alexandria Pike

    2281 ft · 46 sec · Alexandria Pike

  4. 4

    Continue on Blackwell Road

    3235 ft · 1 min · Blackwell Road

  5. 5

    Turn right onto Lee Highway

    11.6 mi · 17 min · Lee Highway

  6. 6

    Take the exit slight right toward I 66 East: Washington

    1.4 km · 2 min

  7. 7

    Merge slight left

    21 mi · 25 min

  8. 8

    Take the exit slight right toward I 495 North: Tysons Corner, Baltimore

    3015 ft · 1 min

  9. 9

    Merge slight left onto Capital Beltway

    9.7 mi · 11 min · Capital Beltway

  10. 10

    Keep slight right to continue on Capital Beltway

    11.5 mi · 15 min · Capital Beltway

  11. 11

    Take the exit slight right toward I 95 North: Baltimore

    1579 ft · 39 sec

  12. 12

    Keep slight left to continue on I 95 North: Baltimore, New York

    1.1 mi · 2 min

  13. 13

    Merge slight left

    18.4 mi · 21 min

  14. 14

    Take the exit slight right toward I 895 North: Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Thruway

    5.7 mi · 7 min · Harbor Tunnel Thruway

  15. 15

    Continue on Harbor Tunnel Throughway

    1.6 km · 1 min · Harbor Tunnel Throughway

  16. 16

    Continue on Harbor Tunnel Thruway

    2.2 mi · 3 min · Harbor Tunnel Thruway

  17. 17

    Continue on Baltimore Harbor Tunnel

    1.4 mi · 2 min · Baltimore Harbor Tunnel

  18. 18

    Continue on Harbor Tunnel Thruway

    3.7 mi · 5 min · Harbor Tunnel Thruway

  19. 19

    Keep slight left to continue on Express Toll Lanes

    8.5 mi · 10 min · Express Toll Lanes

  20. 20

    Keep slight right

    91 m · 4 sec

  21. 21

    Merge slight right onto John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway

    40.5 mi · 47 min · John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway

  22. 22

    Continue on Delaware Turnpike

    3005 ft · 40 sec · Delaware Turnpike

  23. 23

    Keep slight left to continue on Delaware Turnpike

    10 mi · 12 min · Delaware Turnpike

  24. 24

    Keep slight right to continue on Delaware Turnpike

    1 mi · 2 min · Delaware Turnpike

  25. 25

    Take the exit slight left toward US 13 North: Wilmington

    1.2 km · 1 min

  26. 26

    Keep slight right to continue on I 295 North: Delware Memorial Bridge, New York, New Jersey

    1033 ft · 16 sec

  27. 27

    Merge slight right onto Delaware Turnpike

    2.2 mi · 3 min · Delaware Turnpike

  28. 28

    Continue on Delaware Memorial Bridge

    2.4 mi · 4 min · Delaware Memorial Bridge

  29. 29

    Keep slight left to continue on New Jersey Turnpike

    2.5 mi · 3 min · New Jersey Turnpike

  30. 30

    Take the exit slight left

    1039 ft · 14 sec

  31. 31

    Continue straight

    899 ft · 12 sec

  32. 32

    Merge slight right onto New Jersey Turnpike

    46.7 mi · 54 min · New Jersey Turnpike

  33. 33

    Keep slight right to continue on New Jersey Turnpike

    56.4 mi · 1 hr 7 min · New Jersey Turnpike

  34. 34

    Keep slight left to continue on New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur

    11.3 mi · 15 min · New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur

  35. 35

    Take the exit slight right toward US 46: The Ridgefields, Palisades Park

    823 ft · 28 sec

  36. 36

    Keep slight right to continue on US 46 East: Ridgefield, Palisades Park

    1233 ft · 42 sec

  37. 37

    Merge slight left

    1.5 km · 2 min

  38. 38

    Continue straight

    1.8 mi · 3 min

  39. 39

    Take the exit slight left toward George Washington Bridge Upper Level

    95 m · 5 sec

  40. 40

    Merge slight left

    1649 ft · 20 sec

  41. 41

    Keep slight left

    1.3 km · 1 min

  42. 42

    Continue on George Washington Bridge (upper level)

    3174 ft · 1 min · George Washington Bridge (upper level)

  43. 43

    Continue on Trans-Manhattan Expressway

    1.2 km · 1 min · Trans-Manhattan Expressway

  44. 44

    Continue on Cross Bronx Expressway

    4.7 mi · 6 min · Cross Bronx Expressway

  45. 45

    Keep slight left

    2.9 mi · 4 min

  46. 46

    Take the exit slight right toward Hutchinson Parkway North

    131 m · 15 sec

  47. 47

    Keep slight left to continue on Hutchinson River Parkway North

    912 ft · 31 sec

  48. 48

    Merge slight left onto Hutchinson River Parkway

    1.5 mi · 2 min · Hutchinson River Parkway

  49. 49

    Take the exit slight right toward I 95 North: New Haven

    1570 ft · 44 sec

  50. 50

    Merge slight left onto New England Thruway

    40.8 mi · 55 min · New England Thruway

  51. 51

    Take the exit slight right toward CT 25, CT 8: Trumbull, Waterbury

    1 km · 1 min

  52. 52

    Continue straight

    3.2 mi · 3 min

  53. 53

    Keep slight right to continue on CT 8 North: Waterbury, New Haven

    1.8 mi · 2 min

  54. 54

    Take the exit slight right toward CT 15 North: Merritt Parkway, New Haven

    1.2 km · 2 min

  55. 55

    Merge slight left onto Merritt Parkway

    3 mi · 4 min · Merritt Parkway

  56. 56

    Continue on Wilbur Cross Parkway

    30.4 mi · 38 min · Wilbur Cross Parkway

  57. 57

    Continue on Berlin Turnpike

    15.7 mi · 20 min · Berlin Turnpike

  58. 58

    Merge slight right

    1.4 mi · 2 min

  59. 59

    Keep slight left to continue on I 84 East: Boston

    39.7 mi · 46 min

  60. 60

    Merge slight left onto Massachusetts Turnpike

    27.4 mi · 32 min · Massachusetts Turnpike

  61. 61

    Take the exit slight right toward I 495: Portsmouth New Hampshire, Taunton

    1119 ft · 38 sec

  62. 62

    Keep slight left to continue on I 495 North: Lowell, Portsmouth New Hampshire

    1126 ft · 34 sec

  63. 63

    Keep slight left to continue on I 495 North: Lowell, Portsmouth NH

    3219 ft · 1 min

  64. 64

    Merge slight left

    62.8 mi · 1 hr 13 min

  65. 65

    Merge slight left

    6.7 mi · 8 min

  66. 66

    Keep slight left to continue on Blue Star Turnpike

    7.8 mi · 9 min · Blue Star Turnpike

  67. 67

    Keep slight right to continue on Blue Star Turnpike

    46.4 mi · 51 min · Blue Star Turnpike

  68. 68

    Keep slight right to continue on Downtown Portland

    52.5 mi · 1 hr 1 min

  69. 69

    Merge slight left onto Maine Turnpike

    9.8 mi · 11 min · Maine Turnpike

  70. 70

    Take the exit slight right toward ME 3: Augusta, Belfast

    767 ft · 26 sec

  71. 71

    Keep slight right

    834 ft · 20 sec

  72. 72

    Merge slight left onto Augusta Bypass

    2.5 mi · 4 min · Augusta Bypass

  73. 73

    Continue on North Belfast Avenue

    8.1 mi · 12 min · North Belfast Avenue

  74. 74

    Continue on Belfast Road

    1077 ft · 17 sec · Belfast Road

  75. 75

    Continue on Route 3

    17.6 mi · 21 min · Route 3

  76. 76

    Continue on Acadia Highway

    4 mi · 4 min · Acadia Highway

  77. 77

    Continue on Belfast Augusta Road West

    3.4 mi · 4 min · Belfast Augusta Road West

  78. 78

    Continue on Augusta Road

    4.8 mi · 5 min · Augusta Road

  79. 79

    Continue on Belmont Avenue

    4 mi · 5 min · Belmont Avenue

  80. 80

    Take the exit left

    1586 ft · 44 sec

  81. 81

    Merge slight left onto Route 1

    1.1 km · 1 min · Route 1

  82. 82

    Continue on Searsport Avenue

    2.7 mi · 5 min · Searsport Avenue

  83. 83

    Continue on West Main Street

    7 mi · 8 min · West Main Street

  84. 84

    Keep slight right to continue on East Main Street

    6.3 mi · 8 min · East Main Street

  85. 85

    Continue on US Highway 1

    1.2 mi · 3 min · US Highway 1

  86. 86

    Continue on Route 1

    155 m · 12 sec · Route 1

  87. 87

    Continue on Route 1

    1 mi · 1 min · Route 1

  88. 88

    Continue on Acadia Highway

    9.4 mi · 11 min · Acadia Highway

  89. 89

    Continue on Bucksport Road

    8.5 mi · 10 min · Bucksport Road

  90. 90

    Continue on West Main Street

    1116 ft · 17 sec · West Main Street

  91. 91

    Turn right onto Water Street

    1.1 km · 1 min · Water Street

  92. 92

    Turn left onto Foster Street

    2227 ft · 1 min · Foster Street

  93. 93

    Turn right onto High Street

    1615 ft · 43 sec · High Street

  94. 94

    Turn left

    30.6 mi · 46 min

  95. 95

    Turn right onto Bridge Street

    1721 ft · 29 sec · Bridge Street

  96. 96

    Continue on Kennedy Highway

    4.1 mi · 6 min · Kennedy Highway

  97. 97

    Continue on US Highway 1A

    3 mi · 5 min · US Highway 1A

  98. 98

    Continue on Kennedy Highway

    1084 ft · 18 sec · Kennedy Highway

  99. 99

    Continue on Main Street

    2784 ft · 47 sec · Main Street

  100. 100

    Continue on Route 1

    14 mi · 21 min · Route 1

  101. 101

    Continue on Harrington Road

    3.3 mi · 5 min · Harrington Road

  102. 102

    Continue on Outer Dublin Street

    1249 ft · 21 sec · Outer Dublin Street

  103. 103

    Continue on Dublin Street

    2.3 mi · 3 min · Dublin Street

  104. 104

    Continue on Main Street

    4.3 mi · 6 min · Main Street

  105. 105

    Turn slight left onto Main Street

    3.1 mi · 5 min · Main Street

  106. 106

    Continue on Route 1

    9.5 mi · 13 min · Route 1

  107. 107

    Turn right onto Lubec Road

    1 km · 2 min · Lubec Road

  108. 108

    Continue on County Road

    9.3 mi · 14 min · County Road

  109. 109

    Continue on Main Street

    1.3 km · 2 min · Main Street

  110. 110

    Turn right onto Washington Street

    1900 ft · 38 sec · Washington Street

  111. 111

    Continue on State Route 189

    154 m · 10 sec · State Route 189

  112. 112

    Continue on FDR International Memorial Bridge

    880 ft · 18 sec · FDR International Memorial Bridge

  113. 113

    Continue straight

    130 m · 8 sec

  114. 114

    Keep slight left to continue on Route 774

    1.5 mi · 3 min · Route 774

  115. 115

    Turn right onto Glen Severn Road

    1.7 mi · 7 min · Glen Severn Road

  116. 116

    Turn right onto Liberty Point Drive

    2409 ft · 3 min · Liberty Point Drive

  117. 117

    Keep slight left

    993 ft · 1 min

  118. 118

    Turn straight onto Liberty Point Drive

    1.6 mi · 10 min · Liberty Point Drive

  119. 119

    Arrive at your destination

    0 m · 1 sec

Car Route Details

A richer read on the saved driving route between Warrenton and Alexandria.

OSRM road route
Drive Character

Long-distance drive

This route is long enough that fuel, rest stops, weather, and timing matter more than any single maneuver.

Directions
119 steps
27 turns on the saved route
Ramps & Exits
33
18 merges, 15 ramps or exits
Navigation Density
14.6 / 100 mi
Decision points by distance
Main Roads
New Jersey Turnpike
106 mi · 13%
I 495 North
70.9 mi · 9%
Blue Star Turnpike
54.2 mi · 7%
Downtown Portland
52.5 mi · 6%
New England Thruway
40.8 mi · 5%
John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway
40.5 mi · 5%
Longest Stretch

I 495 North

Merge slight left

62.8 mi · 01h 13m

Route Summary

A quick read on whether this route feels easy, ambitious, or worth planning around.

Trip Read

Better with a longer stop

This route is long enough that most travelers will be better off planning an overnight stay or a more deliberate stop window.

Drive Time
17h 20m
Overnight route
Same-Day Return
34h 42m
Round-trip wheel time
Road vs Air
+0 mi
5738.7 mi direct line
Halfway Stop
Stafford Springs
08h 40m from Warrenton
Leave By
1:18 AM EDT
Overnight-style route
Weather Watch

Slight Chance Rain Showers near Warrenton.

Trip Questions

Direct answers travelers usually want before committing to the drive.

How long does it take to drive from Warrenton to Alexandria?

The road trip is about 816.6 miles (1314.2 km) and usually takes 17h 20m in normal driving conditions.

Is this a same-day trip or an overnight route?

This route is long enough that most travelers will be better off planning an overnight stay or a more deliberate stop window.

What is the halfway point on this route?

Stafford Springs is a useful midpoint, sitting about 405.2 miles from Warrenton and 411.4 miles from Alexandria.

How much longer is the road route than the straight-line distance?

The direct path is about 5738.7 miles (9235.5 km), while the road route adds roughly 0 extra miles because roads do not follow the straight air line.

When is the best time to leave for this route?

A good departure window is usually 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM EDT. Starting early still helps, but most travelers will want a longer stop or an overnight stay on a route this long.

How much will gas cost for this route?

Using about 28.3 MPG, regular gas is estimated at $119.26 one way or $238.51 round trip. Estimated CO2 is about 256.1 kg one way.

Do you cross a time zone on this route?

Yes. There is about a 7 hour time difference between Warrenton and Alexandria, so arrival and return times should be read in local time.

What should you check before leaving?

Before leaving, the latest forecast around Warrenton is Slight Chance Rain Showers.

Stop Ideas Near Stafford Springs

Useful break, food, and waypoint ideas within about 15 miles of the route midpoint.

Mid-route Guidance
Local place coverage is thin around Stafford Springs, so nearby transit and meeting points are shown instead.
Reviewed stop coverage is still thin around this midpoint, so practical transit waypoints are shown on the right.

Transit and Meeting Points

Useful pickup, handoff, or rendezvous points close to Stafford Springs.

RAIL

Windsor Locks

27 mi away
South Main St at Stanton Road
RAIL

Springfield Union Station

29 mi away
66 Lyman St.
RAIL

Windsor station

30 mi away
41 Central St.
RAIL

Hartford Union Station

38 mi away
One Union Place

Flight Path Map

This map shows the direct air route between Warrenton and Alexandria. Straight-line distance: 5738.67 mi (9235.5 km).

Warrenton

#1 Warrenton

Town in Virginia, United States

Population9,982
Coordinates38.7134500, -77.7952700
Altitude195
CountryUnited States
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#2 Alexandria

This major Egyptian city is located on the Mediterranean coast, serving as a vital port and industrial center.

Population4,870,000
Coordinates31.1980556, 29.9191667
Altitude-
CountryEgypt
Start: Warrenton (-77.79527, 38.71345)
End: Alexandria (29.919167, 31.198056)

Estimated Travel Time

Distance: 1314 km by road

SpeedTime
30 mph (48.3 km/h)27h 12m
40 mph (64.37 km/h)20h 24m
50 mph (80.47 km/h)16h 19m
60 mph (96.56 km/h)13h 36m
70 mph (112.65 km/h)11h 39m
80 mph (129 km/h)10h 11m

Fuel, Round Trip and CO2

Estimated fuel cost and emissions for this route.

One-way fuel
28.82 gal
109.08 L · about $119.26
Round trip
$238.51
57.64 gal · 218.16 L
Estimated CO2
256.1 kg one way
Round trip: 512.2 kg / 1129 lb CO2, using regular gasoline.
Fuel$/galOne wayRound trip
Regular gas $4.14 $119.26 $238.51
Mid-grade $4.63 $133.49 $266.99
Premium $5.01 $144.47 $288.95
Diesel $6.21 $179.03 $358.06

Assumes 8.3 L/100 km (about 28.3 MPG). CO2 is an estimate and varies by vehicle, fuel blend, traffic, and terrain.

Prices in Virginia · Oct 15, 2026

Please keep in mind that there is a 7 hours time gap between Warrenton, VA and Alexandria, 6. The current time in Warrenton is 22:36:58, although it is 05:36:58 in Alexandria.

Distance to Other Cities

How did we calculate? Place names are translated into coordinates. The Haversine formula calculates straight-line distance; driving distance uses road network data.