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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Sep–Nov · highs 11–24 °C (52–75 °F)
- J4°-5°71
- F6°-3°72
- M11°1°89
- A17°6°91
- M22°11°100
- J27°17°96
- J29°19°90
- A28°19°89
- S24°15°100
- O18°9°83
- N12°4°84
- D5°-2°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
- Length
- 4.7 km · 2.9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Nearest town
- 2.0 km S of Gettysburg (Adams County, Pennsylvania) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Gettysburg National Military Park
- Connects to
- Field of Pickett's Charge Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–May, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.8135, -77.2357
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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