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Cumberland To Pennington Gap Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov · highs 13–27 °C (55–81 °F)
- J6°-3°97
- F8°-1°102
- M13°3°106
- A18°8°97
- M22°12°105
- J26°17°103
- J27°19°124
- A27°18°101
- S24°15°80
- O19°9°64
- N13°4°80
- D7°-1°105
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
- 19 km · 12 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Data from
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Mountain range
- Cumberland Mountains (Appalachian Plateau › Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- At Appalachia (Wise County, Virginia) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
- Best months
- Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.9005, -82.7858
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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