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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–May, Sep–Dec · highs 10–27 °C (50–81 °F)
- J9°0°143
- F11°2°149
- M16°5°135
- A21°9°108
- M25°14°104
- J29°19°105
- J30°21°124
- A30°20°96
- S27°17°110
- O21°11°88
- N15°6°125
- D10°2°150
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
- Length
- 3.8 km · 2.4 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain range
- Cumberland Plateau (Appalachian Plateau › Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 2.1 km NW of Lookout Mountain (Walker County, Georgia) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
- Connects to
- John Smartt Trail, Skyuka Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Feb–May, Sep–Dec
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Tennessee
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 34.9923, -85.3735
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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