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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov · highs 12–27 °C (54–81 °F)
- J5°-4°73
- F7°-2°70
- M12°1°86
- A17°6°85
- M21°11°109
- J25°15°95
- J27°18°106
- A27°17°83
- S23°14°79
- O18°8°71
- N12°3°73
- D7°-2°75
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
- 11 km · 7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- South-Central Appalachian Ridges (Central Appalachian Ridges › Appalachian Ridges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.1 km NW of Prices Fork (Montgomery County, Virginia) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
- Best months
- Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.2639, -80.5076
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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