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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 12–26 °C (54–79 °F)
- J5°-4°101
- F7°-2°101
- M12°1°122
- A16°6°108
- M20°10°124
- J24°15°129
- J26°17°135
- A25°16°122
- S22°13°118
- O17°7°92
- N12°3°107
- D6°-2°108
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
- 4.3 km · 2.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- NC Department of Parks and Recreation
- Nearest town
- 8.2 km SE of West Jefferson (Ashe County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- North Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.3594, -81.4282
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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