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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Mar · highs 21–25 °C (70–77 °F)
- J21°11°69
- F23°12°70
- M25°14°97
- A28°16°63
- M31°20°78
- J32°23°214
- J32°23°199
- A32°24°210
- S30°23°172
- O28°19°70
- N25°15°52
- D22°12°70
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
- 19 km · 12 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Designation
- National Recreation Trail
- Place
- General James A Van Fleet State (grouped by trail name)
- Nearest town
- 19 km N of Polk City (Polk County, Florida) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Little Withlacoochee Flood Detention Area Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Nov–Mar
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Florida
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 28.3306, -81.8675
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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