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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Nov · highs 12–27 °C (54–81 °F)
- J5°-4°79
- F7°-3°82
- M11°0°98
- A16°4°98
- M21°9°106
- J25°14°105
- J27°16°114
- A26°16°99
- S22°12°115
- O17°6°90
- N12°2°95
- D6°-2°91
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
- 8.6 km · 5.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Northern Blue Ridge (Blue Ridge Mountains › Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 4.8 km S of Glasgow (Rockbridge County, Virginia) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Connects to
- Appalachian Trail (National Scenic Trail: Appalachian), Sulphur Spring (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- 7
- Route centre
- 37.6062, -79.4592
- Route start
- 37.5911, -79.4511
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18283549
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/recarea/gwj/recarea/?recid=78539
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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