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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 13–26 °C (55–79 °F)
- J7°-3°127
- F9°-2°142
- M13°2°132
- A17°6°127
- M21°10°132
- J24°15°145
- J26°17°151
- A25°16°127
- S23°13°110
- O18°8°83
- N13°3°113
- D8°-2°131
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
- 5.0 km · 3.1 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Balsam Mountain (Eastern Great Smoky Mountains › Great Smoky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 9.9 km W of Cove Creek (Haywood County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- North Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Route centre
- 35.6077, -83.1115
- Route start
- 35.6172, -83.1198
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7552612
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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