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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov · highs 11–26 °C (52–79 °F)
- J3°-5°86
- F5°-4°81
- M10°0°104
- A16°5°108
- M21°10°113
- J26°16°120
- J29°18°131
- A28°18°108
- S24°14°120
- O17°8°106
- N11°3°101
- D5°-2°103
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 (signed)
- 230 km · 143 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 229 km · 142 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Place
- Horse-Shoe (grouped by trail name)
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- HST
- Operator (OSM)
- Horse-Shoe Trail Conservancy
- From / to
- Valley Forge Park PA → Applachan Trail
- Route centre
- 40.2627, -76.1363
- Route start
- 40.1995, -75.8012
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 1596895
- Wikidata
- Q5905349
- Official info
- hstrail.org/
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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