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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Jun, Sep–Dec · highs 10–25 °C (50–77 °F)
- J8°3°84
- F8°3°86
- M11°6°96
- A16°11°85
- M21°16°86
- J25°21°106
- J28°24°127
- A27°24°140
- S24°21°119
- O20°16°90
- N15°11°85
- D10°5°93
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
- 6.8 km · 4.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Data from
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Designation
- National Recreation Trail
- Nearest town
- 7.2 km NW of Virginia Beach (City of Virginia Beach, Virginia) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- First Landing State Park (National Recreation Trail) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–Jun, Sep–Dec
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.9037, -76.0148
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.