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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 10–26 °C (50–79 °F)
- J4°-5°129
- F6°-4°122
- M10°0°150
- A16°6°147
- M20°11°179
- J24°15°173
- J26°17°192
- A25°17°146
- S22°14°127
- O17°8°114
- N11°3°131
- D5°-3°140
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
- 4.3 km · 2.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- West Virginia GIS Technical Center
- Mountain
- Potato Knob (mountain, 748 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Western Allegheny Mountains (Allegheny Mountains › Appalachian Plateau; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 19 km NE of Webster Springs (Webster County, West Virginia) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- West Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.6408, -80.3275
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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