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John O'Groats Trail (Helmsdale to Berriedale)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 11–16 °C (52–61 °F)
- J6°3°93
- F6°2°72
- M7°3°78
- A9°4°58
- M11°7°59
- J14°9°63
- J16°11°64
- A16°12°72
- S14°10°84
- O11°8°112
- N8°5°102
- D6°3°88
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 (Helmsdale to Berriedale) is a local hiking route of about 15 km (9 mi) in Highland, United Kingdom. It is at Helmsdale. 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
- 15 km · 9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Stream
- River Helmsdale (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- At Helmsdale (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
- JoG08
- Operator (OSM)
- John O' Groats Trail
- From / to
- Helmsdale → Berriedale
- Route centre
- 58.1492, -3.5747
- Route start
- 58.1160, -3.6508
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12769750
- 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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