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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Oct · highs 10–13 °C (50–55 °F)
- J7°5°113
- F7°5°93
- M7°5°99
- A7°6°60
- M9°7°51
- J10°9°52
- J12°11°60
- A13°12°72
- S13°11°96
- O11°9°130
- N9°7°129
- D8°6°109
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
- 10 km · 6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 17 km SE of Pierowall (Orkney Islands, Scotland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jun–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Orkney Islands
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 59.2317, -2.7616
- Route start
- 59.2190, -2.7647
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 13541447
- Official info
- walkhighlands.co.uk/orkney/eday-heritage-walk.sh
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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