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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 13–22 °C (55–72 °F)
- J4°-6°147
- F5°-5°161
- M9°-2°149
- A13°2°140
- M17°6°150
- J20°11°153
- J22°13°167
- A21°12°134
- S19°9°109
- O14°4°85
- N10°-1°129
- D5°-4°145
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
- 7.4 km · 4.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain range
- Eastern Great Smoky Mountains (Great Smoky Mountains › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 17 km SE of Pittman Center (Sevier County, Tennessee) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Connects to
- Bradley Fork Trail, Chasteen Creek Trail, Enloe Creek Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- North Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 35.6416, -83.3065
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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