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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Sep–Nov · highs 13–26 °C (55–79 °F)
- J6°-2°89
- F9°-1°91
- M14°3°109
- A19°8°100
- M23°13°128
- J28°18°109
- J30°20°119
- A29°20°94
- S26°16°83
- O20°10°79
- N13°5°91
- D7°0°98
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.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 3.0 km · 1.9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 11 km S of Wilmore (Jessamine County, Kentucky) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–May, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Kentucky
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 37.7689, -84.6273
- Route start
- 37.7652, -84.6272
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12106725
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.