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Chestnut Mountain Horse Trail
On Chestnut Mountain, Unicoi Mountains
Next nearby hike: Cooper Gap 2.1 mi · 3.4 kmExplore Chestnut Mountain →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–May, Sep–Nov · highs 11–25 °C (52–77 °F)
- J8°0°156
- F11°1°169
- M15°4°140
- A19°8°134
- M23°13°128
- J27°17°137
- J29°19°145
- A28°18°115
- S25°15°112
- O20°10°89
- N15°5°134
- D10°1°160
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
- 5.6 km · 3.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Chestnut Mountain (mountain, 603 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Unicoi Mountains (Southern Blue Ridge Front › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.9 km SE of Etowah (McMinn County, Tennessee) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Cherokee National Forest
- Best months
- Feb–May, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Tennessee
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 35.2673, -84.4934
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreCooper Gap
2.1 mi · 3.4 km · Cherokee National Forest
Coffee Branch Trail
2.6 mi · 4.2 km · Cherokee National Forest
Hogback Horse Trail
2.8 mi · 4.5 km · Cherokee National Forest
Starr Mountain Horse Trail
2.9 mi · 4.7 km · Cherokee National Forest
Starr Mountain Hiking Trail
3.0 mi · 4.8 km · Cherokee National Forest
Reliance Loop
3.2 mi · 5.1 km · Cherokee National Forest
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