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John O'Groats Trail (Culbokie to Alness)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 10–17 °C (50–63 °F)
- J5°1°107
- F5°0°82
- M7°2°83
- A10°3°55
- M13°6°63
- J15°9°68
- J17°11°63
- A17°11°71
- S14°8°89
- O11°6°105
- N7°3°99
- D5°1°90
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.
About this trail
John O'Groats Trail (Culbokie to Alness) is a local hiking route of about 15 km (9 mi) in United Kingdom. It lies about 5.3 km east of Dingwall. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Apr–Oct.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 15 km · 9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Place
- John O'Groats (grouped by trail name)
- Nearest town
- 5.3 km E of Dingwall (Highland, Scotland) · GeoNames
- Part of
- John O'Groats Trail (national route)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- JoG02
- From / to
- Culbokie → Alness
- Route centre
- 57.6489, -4.3137
- Route start
- 57.6015, -4.3389
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12629183
- Official info
- jogt.org.uk/stages/culbokie-to-alness/
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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