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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 11–18 °C (52–64 °F)
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- F6°1°72
- M8°2°72
- A11°4°49
- M14°6°59
- J16°9°65
- J18°11°60
- A17°11°68
- S15°9°79
- O11°6°95
- N8°3°85
- D5°1°79
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
A coastal walking route from Inverness to John o’ Groats, traversing shorelines, cliff tops, back lanes and footpaths of the Scottish Highlands.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 240 km · 149 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 240 km · 149 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Place
- John O'Groats (grouped by trail name)
- Part of
- European long distance path E2 north (international route)
- Connects to
- Great Glen Way (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- JoGT
- From / to
- Inverness → John O'Groats
- Route centre
- 58.0617, -3.6972
- Route start
- 57.4758, -4.2255
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12622536
- Wikidata
- Q21997567
- 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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