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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Nov · highs 11–23 °C (52–73 °F)
- J5°-5°158
- F6°-4°175
- M11°-1°156
- A15°3°141
- M18°8°153
- J22°12°155
- J23°14°168
- A23°14°131
- S20°11°111
- O16°5°89
- N11°1°136
- D6°-3°154
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 8.0 km · 5.0 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Peregrine Peak (mountain, 1,631 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Eastern Great Smoky Mountains (Great Smoky Mountains › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 11 km SE of Gatlinburg (Sevier County, Tennessee) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Best months
- Apr–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Tennessee
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Route centre
- 35.6422, -83.4435
- Route start
- 35.6285, -83.4504
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7552504
- Wikidata
- Q4737327
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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