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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–May, Oct–Nov · highs 10–25 °C (50–77 °F)
- J8°-1°114
- F10°1°114
- M16°6°107
- A21°11°105
- M25°16°128
- J30°20°106
- J32°23°98
- A31°22°74
- S28°18°81
- O21°12°86
- N15°7°108
- D9°1°121
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
- 8.9 km · 5.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Data from
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Valley
- Horseford Hollow (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 13 km N of Erin (Houston County, Tennessee) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Feb–May, Oct–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Tennessee
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.4217, -87.6822
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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