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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 11–27 °C (52–81 °F)
- J4°-5°77
- F6°-4°71
- M11°0°90
- A17°5°84
- M21°10°107
- J25°15°87
- J27°17°100
- A26°16°79
- S22°13°88
- O17°7°71
- N11°2°87
- D5°-3°79
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
- Length
- 2.4 km · 1.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Bolar Mountain (mountain, 822 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Allegheny Mountain Ridge (Central Appalachian Ridges › Appalachian Ridges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 8.7 km NW of Hot Springs (Bath County, Virginia) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.0573, -79.8986
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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Two Lick Bottom Trail # 457
4.5 mi · 7.3 km · Monongahela National Forest
Neal Run
4.7 mi · 7.5 km · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
Meadow Mountain #610
4.8 mi · 7.7 km · Monongahela National Forest
Meadow Creek Trail # 684
5.1 mi · 8.2 km · Monongahela National Forest
Cobbler Mountain
5.2 mi · 8.3 km · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
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