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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 12–25 °C (54–77 °F)
- J-1°-9°63
- F1°-9°60
- M5°-5°80
- A12°2°91
- M18°7°100
- J22°13°127
- J25°15°120
- A24°15°110
- S20°12°105
- O13°6°106
- N7°1°89
- D1°-5°74
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
- 12 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 13 km NE of Watkins Glen (Schuyler County, New York) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New York
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- United States Forest Service
- Route centre
- 42.4998, -76.7893
- Route start
- 42.4843, -76.8074
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 11231388
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/recarea/gmfl/recreation/hiking/recar
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail startBurnt Hill Trail
0.8 mi · 1.3 km · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests
Potomac Ponds
1.3 mi · 2.0 km · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests
Interloken Trail
1.6 mi · 2.6 km · New York
No-Tan-Takto Trail
4.6 mi · 7.4 km · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests
Finger Lakes Trail System
10 mi · 15 km · Allegheny National Forest
School House Trail
11 mi · 17 km · New York
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