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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Sep–Nov · highs 13–25 °C (55–77 °F)
- J6°-3°74
- F8°-2°78
- M13°2°90
- A19°7°91
- M23°11°101
- J27°16°95
- J29°19°109
- A28°18°96
- S25°14°110
- O19°8°82
- N13°3°85
- D7°-1°84
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
- Mapped length
- 2.7 km · 1.7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Cove Mountain (mountain, 818 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Northern Blue Ridge (Blue Ridge Mountains › Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 4.2 km E of Buchanan (Botetourt County, Virginia) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
- Best months
- Mar–May, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- 23
- Route centre
- 37.5388, -79.6245
- Route start
- 37.5319, -79.6321
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18589871
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 startBuchanan Trail
1.3 mi · 2.1 km · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
Little Cove Mountain Trail
1.6 mi · 2.5 km · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
Glenwood Horse Trail
2.2 mi · 3.5 km · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
Whitetail
2.9 mi · 4.6 km · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
Sprouts Run
3.1 mi · 5.0 km · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
Wilson Mountain
4.5 mi · 7.2 km · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
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