Pen Nature Trail other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
Get directions · Google MapsApple Maps
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain) · OpenStreetMap · Basemap: OpenFreeMap (OpenMapTiles, © OSM contributors).
7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Sep–Nov · highs 14–26 °C (57–79 °F)
- J7°-2°65
- F9°-1°69
- M14°3°88
- A20°8°80
- M24°13°100
- J29°18°93
- J31°21°115
- A30°20°94
- S26°16°102
- O20°10°85
- N14°5°89
- D8°0°81
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
- 2.8 km · 1.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Data from
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Valley
- Rocky Hollow (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 1.7 km NE of Pantops (Albemarle County, Virginia) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- City Of Charlottesville (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–May, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.0538, -78.4489
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 centreMeadowcreek Trail
0.9 mi · 1.4 km · Virginia
City Of Charlottesville
1.6 mi · 2.6 km · Virginia
Fire Trail
16 mi · 25 km · Virginia
Turk Branch Trail
18 mi · 29 km · Shenandoah National Park
North Fork Moormans River Trail
18 mi · 29 km · Virginia
Loft Mountain Campground Trail 1
18 mi · 30 km · Shenandoah National Park
All trails in Virginia → · All 36,834 trails in United States of America →