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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–May, Oct–Dec · highs 11–26 °C (52–79 °F)
- J10°2°129
- F12°3°136
- M17°7°121
- A22°11°98
- M26°16°101
- J30°21°104
- J31°23°106
- A31°22°100
- S28°19°87
- O22°13°77
- N16°8°114
- D11°3°126
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
- 2.6 km · 1.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Other Federal
- Data from
- Tenneessee Valley Authority
- Nearest town
- 7.6 km NE of Guntersville (Marshall County, Alabama) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Feb–May, Oct–Dec
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Alabama
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 34.4085, -86.2379
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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