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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov · highs 14–27 °C (57–81 °F)
- J8°-1°167
- F10°0°184
- M14°3°159
- A18°7°144
- M22°11°141
- J26°16°154
- J27°18°164
- A27°17°131
- S24°14°134
- O19°9°105
- N14°4°148
- D9°1°177
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
- 6.2 km · 3.9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Chimneytop (mountain, 1,137 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Georgia Blue Ridge (Southern Blue Ridge Front › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 15 km W of McCaysville (Fannin County, Georgia) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Cherokee National Forest
- Connects to
- Grassy Gap (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Tennessee
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 35.0183, -84.5267
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 centreBig Frog Mountain Hiking Trail
0.5 mi · 0.9 km · Cherokee National Forest
Fork Ridge Hiking Trail
0.5 mi · 0.9 km · Cherokee National Forest
West Fork
1.0 mi · 1.7 km · Cherokee National Forest
Grassy Gap
1.1 mi · 1.8 km · Cherokee National Forest
Yellow Stand Lead
1.3 mi · 2.0 km · Cherokee National Forest
Licklog Ridge Trail
1.5 mi · 2.4 km · Cherokee National Forest
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