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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 10–24 °C (50–75 °F)
- J4°-5°100
- F6°-3°99
- M10°0°118
- A15°4°106
- M19°9°126
- J23°14°129
- J24°16°137
- A24°15°123
- S21°12°114
- O16°6°87
- N11°2°103
- D6°-3°104
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
- 2.6 km · 1.6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Mount Jefferson (mountain, 1,407 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Blue Ridge Mountains (Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 2.5 km SE of West Jefferson (Ashe County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- North Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation
- Route centre
- 36.4000, -81.4670
- Route start
- 36.3935, -81.4679
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19653923
- Official info
- ncparks.gov/state-parks/mount-jefferson-state-na
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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11 mi · 18 km · Blue Ridge Parkway
Backcountry Trail
12 mi · 20 km · North Carolina
Summit Trail
13 mi · 21 km · North Carolina
Mountains to Sea Trail
13 mi · 21 km · Blue Ridge Parkway
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