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John O'Groats Trail (Golspie to Brora)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 11–17 °C (52–63 °F)
- J5°1°107
- F6°1°82
- M8°2°88
- A10°3°63
- M13°6°64
- J15°9°64
- J17°11°66
- A17°11°72
- S14°9°85
- O11°6°114
- N8°3°103
- D5°1°93
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 (Golspie to Brora) is a local hiking route in Highland, United Kingdom, about 9.3 km (5.8 mi) in length. It is at Golspie. By long-term climate averages, the best months are May–Oct.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 9.3 km · 5.8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Stream
- River Brora (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- At Golspie (Highland, Scotland) · GeoNames
- Part of
- John O'Groats Trail (national route)
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Highland
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- JoG06
- From / to
- Golspie → Brora
- Route centre
- 57.9934, -3.9063
- Route start
- 57.9759, -3.9662
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12642448
- Official info
- jogt.org.uk/
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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