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Oswald Dome Trail

Trail6.0 km · 3.7 miBest Mar–Nov

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Best time to hike

Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 13–27 °C (55–81 °F)

  1. J8°-1°157
  2. F10°0°169
  3. M13°3°143
  4. A17°6°133
  5. M21°11°129
  6. J25°15°138
  7. J27°17°147
  8. A26°17°118
  9. S23°14°116
  10. O18°8°93
  11. N14°4°136
  12. D9°0°161

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
6.0 km · 3.7 mi (agency length field)
Source
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Managed by
US Forest Service
Data from
U.S. Forest Service
Nearest town
8.9 km E of Benton (Polk County, Tennessee) · GeoNames
Park or forest
Cherokee National Forest
Best months
Mar–Nov
Country
United States of America
Region
Tennessee
Continent
North America
Route centre
35.1930, -84.5582
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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