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John O'Groats Trail (Whaligoe to Wick)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Oct · highs 11–14 °C (52–57 °F)
- J7°4°82
- F6°4°68
- M7°4°74
- A8°5°53
- M10°7°51
- J12°10°58
- J14°12°61
- A14°12°69
- S13°11°88
- O11°9°104
- N9°7°104
- D7°5°85
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 (Whaligoe to Wick) is a local hiking route of about 19 km (12 mi) in Highland, United Kingdom. It is at Wick. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Jun–Oct.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 19 km · 12 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Place
- John O'Groats (grouped by trail name)
- Nearest town
- At Wick (Highland, Scotland) · GeoNames
- Part of
- John O'Groats Trail (national route)
- Best months
- Jun–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Highland
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- JoG12
- From / to
- Whaligoe → Wick
- Route centre
- 58.3943, -3.1166
- Route start
- 58.4427, -3.0920
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17717312
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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