John O'Groats Trail (Tain to Dornoch)
Next nearby hike: John O'Groats Trail (Inverness to Culbokie) 20 mi · 33 kmExplore United Kingdom →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 10–18 °C (50–64 °F)
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- F6°1°70
- M8°2°73
- A10°3°56
- M13°6°63
- J16°9°65
- J18°11°66
- A18°11°67
- S15°9°80
- O11°6°100
- N8°3°85
- D5°1°76
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
This local hiking route in United Kingdom is about 14 km (9 mi) long. It is at Tain. 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
- 14 km · 9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- At Tain (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
- JoG04
- From / to
- Tain → Dornoch
- Route centre
- 57.8478, -4.0696
- Route start
- 57.8120, -4.0552
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12633178
- 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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