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Heart Of Appalachia Bike Route
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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°108
- F7°-2°113
- M12°1°121
- A17°6°110
- M20°11°125
- J24°15°126
- J26°17°148
- A25°17°122
- S22°13°90
- O17°8°72
- N12°3°89
- D6°-2°112
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.
About this trail
Heart Of Appalachia Bike Route is a trail of about 28 km (17 mi) in Virginia, United States of America. It lies about 3.4 km northeast of Wise. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Mar–Nov.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 28 km · 17 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Data from
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Place
- Heart Of Appalachia Bike (grouped by trail name)
- Nearest town
- 3.4 km NE of Wise (Wise County, Virginia) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.9709, -82.5284
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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