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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 12–20 °C (54–68 °F)
- J2°-8°174
- F3°-7°192
- M7°-4°173
- A11°0°155
- M15°4°165
- J18°9°172
- J20°11°184
- A19°10°138
- S17°7°121
- O12°2°97
- N8°-2°147
- D3°-6°172
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
- 2.7 km · 1.7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Mount Clingman (mountain, 2,023 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Central Great Smoky Mountains (Great Smoky Mountains › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 15 km N of Bryson City (Swain County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- North Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Route centre
- 35.5489, -83.4943
- Route start
- 35.5567, -83.4961
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7552918
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 startGoshen Prong Trail
3.0 mi · 4.9 km · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fork Ridge Trail
3.1 mi · 4.9 km · Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Noland Divide Trail
3.7 mi · 6.0 km · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Jonas Creek Trail
3.8 mi · 6.1 km · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Forney Creek Trail
3.8 mi · 6.1 km · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Noland Creek Trail
4.1 mi · 6.7 km · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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