John O'Groats Trail (Wick to Keiss)
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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)
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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 (Wick to Keiss) is a local hiking route in United Kingdom, about 19 km (11 mi) in length. It lies about 11 km north of 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 · 11 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 11 km N of Wick (Highland, Scotland) · GeoNames
- Part of
- John O'Groats Trail (national route)
- Best months
- Jun–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- JoG13
- From / to
- Wick → Keiss
- Route centre
- 58.4872, -3.0929
- Route start
- 58.5323, -3.1187
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17716694
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.