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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–May, Sep–Dec · highs 10–25 °C (50–77 °F)
- J9°0°163
- F11°1°175
- M15°5°170
- A20°8°140
- M24°13°136
- J28°18°159
- J29°20°170
- A28°19°171
- S25°16°164
- O20°11°137
- N15°6°152
- D10°2°189
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
- 2.1 km · 1.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Oconee Mountain (mountain, 568 m; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 11 km N of Walhalla (Oconee County, South Carolina) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
- Best months
- Feb–May, Sep–Dec
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- South Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 34.8639, -83.0960
- Route start
- 34.8616, -83.0979
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12360989
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 startOconee Trail
0.3 mi · 0.5 km · Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
Hidden Falls Trail
0.8 mi · 1.3 km · Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
Tamassee Knob Trail
0.9 mi · 1.4 km · Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
Palmetto Trail: Stumphouse Mountain Passage
3.3 mi · 5.4 km · South Carolina
Blue Ridge Railroad Historical Trail
3.3 mi · 5.4 km · South Carolina
Yellow Branch Falls Trail
4.7 mi · 7.5 km · Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
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