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Cheat Lake Rail -Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov · highs 11–26 °C (52–79 °F)
- J4°-4°83
- F6°-3°75
- M11°1°95
- A17°6°97
- M21°11°118
- J26°16°114
- J28°18°118
- A27°18°91
- S24°14°86
- O18°9°75
- N12°3°88
- D6°-2°82
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
- 7.3 km · 4.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Private
- Data from
- West Virginia GIS Technical Center
- Reservoir
- Cheat Lake (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 3.5 km N of Cheat Lake (Monongalia County, West Virginia) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- West Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.7029, -79.8452
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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