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James River Heritage Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Sep–Nov · highs 14–26 °C (57–79 °F)
- J7°-2°80
- F10°-1°76
- M15°3°95
- A20°8°88
- M24°13°100
- J29°18°97
- J31°21°110
- A30°20°91
- S26°16°104
- O20°10°89
- N14°5°90
- D9°0°86
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
- 15 km · 9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 1.9 km NW of West Lynchburg (City of Lynchburg, Virginia) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Blackwater Creek Bikeway (National Recreation Trail) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–May, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 37.4129, -79.1453
- Route start
- 37.4188, -79.1881
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 3296378
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail startFreer Loop Trail
0.7 mi · 1.1 km · Virginia
Beaver Trail
1.3 mi · 2.0 km · Virginia
Blackwater Creek Bikeway
1.6 mi · 2.5 km · Virginia
Otter Creek Trail
14 mi · 22 km · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
South Pedlar
15 mi · 24 km · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
Lone Mountain
15 mi · 24 km · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
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