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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 12–27 °C (54–81 °F)
- J5°-3°83
- F7°-2°78
- M12°1°97
- A17°6°91
- M21°11°114
- J25°15°106
- J27°17°116
- A26°17°99
- S23°13°96
- O17°8°80
- N12°3°83
- D7°-2°84
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
- 7.9 km · 4.9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Data from
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Mountain
- High Knoll Mountain (mountain, 994 m; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 15 km SE of Dublin (Pulaski County, Virginia) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Peak Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.9930, -80.5922
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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