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Palmetto Trail: Capital City Passage to Gate 2

Regional route8.3 km · 5.2 miBest Oct–Apr

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Best time to hike

Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 12–24 °C (54–75 °F)

  1. J12°3°82
  2. F15°5°91
  3. M19°8°92
  4. A24°12°68
  5. M28°16°74
  6. J31°21°124
  7. J32°23°129
  8. A31°22°128
  9. S28°19°87
  10. O23°14°80
  11. N18°9°74
  12. D14°5°91

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.

About this trail

Palmetto Trail: Capital City Passage to Gate 2 is a regional hiking route in South Carolina, United States of America, about 8.3 km (5.2 mi) in length. It lies about 2.5 km southeast of Forest Acres. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Oct–Apr.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Mapped length
8.3 km · 5.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
2.5 km SE of Forest Acres (Richland County, South Carolina) · GeoNames
Best months
Oct–Apr
Country
United States of America
Region
South Carolina
Continent
North America
Route type
Regional route
Route centre
34.0109, -80.9564
Route start
33.9999, -80.9760
OpenStreetMap
relation 16155820
Official info
palmettoconservation.org/passage/capital-city-pa
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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