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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–May, Sep–Nov · highs 11–25 °C (52–77 °F)
- J8°-1°176
- F11°1°190
- M15°5°156
- A20°9°136
- M24°14°143
- J27°18°158
- J29°20°161
- A28°19°115
- S25°16°118
- O20°11°96
- N15°5°142
- D10°1°177
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
- 4.6 km · 2.9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Unicoi Mountains (Southern Blue Ridge Front › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 21 km NW of Robbinsville (Graham County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Cherokee National Forest
- Best months
- Feb–May, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- North Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 35.4467, -83.9805
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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