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Bear Pen Ridge Trail # 440
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 11–21 °C (52–70 °F)
- J-1°-10°130
- F1°-8°124
- M6°-4°151
- A11°1°142
- M15°6°182
- J19°11°162
- J21°13°181
- A20°12°140
- S17°9°127
- O12°3°114
- N7°-2°127
- D1°-7°139
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
- 4.5 km · 2.8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Gauley Mountain (Allegheny Mountains › Appalachian Plateau; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 18 km N of Marlinton (Pocahontas County, West Virginia) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Monongahela National Forest
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- West Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.3737, -80.1531
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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