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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 11–25 °C (52–77 °F)
- J5°-4°120
- F7°-3°116
- M11°0°150
- A15°4°134
- M19°9°148
- J23°13°154
- J25°15°169
- A24°15°148
- S21°12°147
- O16°6°121
- N11°2°126
- D6°-2°127
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
- 12 km · 7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain
- Bluff Mountain (mountain, 1,136 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- North North Carolina Blue Ridge Crest (Southern Blue Ridge Front › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 9.1 km S of Sparta (Alleghany County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- North Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.4182, -81.1812
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreBluff Mountain Trail
0.5 mi · 0.9 km · Blue Ridge Parkway
Bluff Ridge Primative Trail
1.0 mi · 1.6 km · Blue Ridge Parkway
Basin Creek Trail
1.1 mi · 1.8 km · Blue Ridge Parkway
Bluff Ridge Primitive Trail
2.0 mi · 3.2 km · Blue Ridge Parkway
Grassy Gap Fire Road
2.0 mi · 3.3 km · North Carolina
Cedar Ridge Trail
2.3 mi · 3.7 km · Blue Ridge Parkway
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