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Best time to hike

Best months: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov · highs 10–26 °C (50–79 °F)

  1. J3°-5°77
  2. F5°-4°68
  3. M10°0°87
  4. A17°6°94
  5. M21°11°107
  6. J26°16°112
  7. J28°18°106
  8. A27°18°90
  9. S23°14°84
  10. O17°8°72
  11. N11°3°80
  12. D5°-3°80

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
249 km · 155 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Place
Great Allegheny Passage (grouped by trail name)
Best months
Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov
Country
United States of America
Region
Pennsylvania
Continent
North America
Route type
Regional route
Route centre
40.0505, -79.3881
Route start
40.0209, -79.6025
OpenStreetMap
relation 8908270
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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