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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov · highs 14–27 °C (57–81 °F)
- J8°-1°116
- F10°0°117
- M14°3°132
- A19°7°113
- M23°11°116
- J27°16°129
- J28°18°130
- A27°18°132
- S24°14°116
- O19°9°108
- N14°4°106
- D9°0°121
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
- 3.0 km · 1.9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- NC Department of Parks and Recreation
- Nearest town
- 11 km SE of Salem (Burke County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Sawtooth Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- North Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 35.6084, -81.6383
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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