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Rich Mountain Fire Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct · highs 13–22 °C (55–72 °F)
- J1°-8°134
- F3°-7°131
- M7°-3°159
- A13°3°156
- M17°8°181
- J21°12°179
- J22°15°204
- A22°14°143
- S19°11°132
- O14°5°121
- N8°0°134
- D3°-5°146
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
- 5.0 km · 3.1 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- West Virginia GIS Technical Center
- Mountain
- Whitman Knob (mountain, 1,193 m; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 13 km SW of Mill Creek (Randolph County, West Virginia) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- West Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.6580, -80.0870
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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