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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–May · highs 11–27 °C (52–81 °F)
- J11°2°124
- F14°4°132
- M18°7°137
- A22°11°112
- M27°16°116
- J30°20°110
- J32°22°122
- A31°22°94
- S28°19°100
- O23°13°86
- N17°8°118
- D12°4°123
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
- 2.2 km · 1.4 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Designation
- National Recreation Trail
- Valley
- Sweeney Hollow (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 2.0 km NW of Pinson (Jefferson County, Alabama) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Narrows Ridge Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Oct–May
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Alabama
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 33.7013, -86.6973
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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