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Difficult Run Stream Valley Park

In Difficult Run

Trail4.2 km · 2.6 miBest Mar–May, Sep–Nov

Next nearby hike: W&od Rr Trail 1.1 mi · 1.7 kmExplore Difficult Run →

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Best time to hike

Best months: Mar–May, Sep–Nov · highs 12–26 °C (54–79 °F)

  1. J6°-3°77
  2. F8°-2°73
  3. M12°2°87
  4. A19°7°93
  5. M24°13°113
  6. J29°18°102
  7. J31°21°111
  8. A30°20°97
  9. S26°16°94
  10. O19°10°88
  11. N13°5°77
  12. D7°0°80

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
4.2 km · 2.6 mi (agency length field)
Source
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Data from
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Stream
Difficult Run (GeoNames)
Nearest town
1.1 km SW of Wolf Trap (Fairfax County, Virginia) · GeoNames
Connects to
Cross County Trail (National Recreation Trail) (at its start or end)
Best months
Mar–May, Sep–Nov
Country
United States of America
Region
Virginia
Continent
North America
Route centre
38.9462, -77.2939
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 centre

W&od Rr Trail

1.1 mi · 1.7 km · Virginia

Wolf Trap Trail

1.7 mi · 2.7 km · Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

Rails To River Trail

1.7 mi · 2.8 km · Virginia

South Lakes Village Center To Hunters Woods Center

3.4 mi · 5.4 km · Virginia

Gold Mine Loop

4.5 mi · 7.2 km · George Washington Memorial Parkway

Billy Goat Trail

4.8 mi · 7.7 km · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

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