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Birnam Hill and The River Tay
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 10–17 °C (50–63 °F)
- J4°0°138
- F5°0°87
- M7°1°88
- A10°2°65
- M13°5°80
- J15°8°77
- J17°10°85
- A17°10°92
- S14°8°98
- O10°5°131
- N7°2°118
- D4°0°107
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.
About this trail
An adventurous route over Birnam Hill, through where the buffalo roamed and back along the River Tay
OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Difficulty
- Moderate (4/10) (mountain_hiking (T2) · OpenStreetMap SAC scale (ODbL))
- Length (signed)
- 14 km · 8 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 14 km · 8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Birnam Hill - King's Seat (mountain, 404 m; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 1.0 km SE of Dunkeld (Perth and Kinross, Scotland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Perth and Kinross
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- From / to
- Birnam → Birnam
- SAC scale (OSM)
- mountain hiking
- Route centre
- 56.5464, -3.5498
- Route start
- 56.5576, -3.5776
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18226030
How it’s scored
Moderate (4/10). Official rating: mountain_hiking (T2) · OpenStreetMap SAC scale (ODbL).
A score is omitted when we do not have an official rating or enough measured length and elevation gain to compute one. Nothing is guessed. Read the NPS method: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how-to-determine-hiking-difficulty.htm
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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0.8 mi · 1.3 km · Perth and Kinross
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Duchess Cave and Cave Crag
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Braan Path
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