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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–May, Sep–Dec · highs 11–27 °C (52–81 °F)
- J10°1°86
- F12°2°81
- M16°6°110
- A22°10°83
- M26°15°93
- J30°20°101
- J31°22°117
- A30°21°114
- S27°18°102
- O22°12°90
- N16°7°82
- D11°3°86
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
- 95 km · 59 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 5.3 km NW of Gorman (Durham County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Feb–May, Sep–Dec
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- North Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- North Carolina Department of Parks and Recreation
- Route centre
- 36.0066, -78.7220
- Route start
- 36.0718, -78.8631
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 416069
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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