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Cumberland Trail-New River Section
In the Southern Cumberland Mountains
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 13–27 °C (55–81 °F)
- J6°-2°153
- F8°-1°145
- M13°2°142
- A17°7°132
- M21°11°140
- J25°16°135
- J27°18°156
- A26°17°125
- S23°14°111
- O18°8°91
- N13°4°120
- D7°-1°153
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
- 58 km · 36 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Local government
- Data from
- State of Tennessee
- Mountain range
- Southern Cumberland Mountains (Cumberland Mountains › Appalachian Plateau; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 16 km S of Huntsville (Scott County, Tennessee) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Tennessee
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.2706, -84.4340
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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