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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 14–27 °C (57–81 °F)
- J7°-2°143
- F9°-1°156
- M14°3°141
- A18°7°123
- M22°12°132
- J25°16°143
- J27°18°150
- A26°18°102
- S24°15°96
- O19°9°78
- N14°4°119
- D8°-1°143
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
- 3.9 km · 2.4 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain range
- Central Great Smoky Mountains (Great Smoky Mountains › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 22 km NE of Robbinsville (Graham County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Connects to
- Hazel Creek Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- North Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 35.4944, -83.6888
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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