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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–May, Sep–Dec · highs 11–26 °C (52–79 °F)
- J10°0°102
- F12°2°99
- M16°5°116
- A21°9°88
- M25°14°98
- J29°19°113
- J31°21°110
- A30°20°122
- S26°17°101
- O21°11°102
- N16°6°94
- D11°2°108
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
- 9.2 km · 5.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- NC Department of Parks and Recreation
- Nearest town
- 5.9 km SE of Kings Mountain (Cleveland County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Feb–May, Sep–Dec
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- North Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 35.1940, -81.3212
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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