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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 13–24 °C (55–75 °F)
- J13°3°72
- F15°5°82
- M20°8°85
- A24°12°68
- M28°17°75
- J31°21°120
- J33°23°126
- A31°23°131
- S29°19°85
- O24°14°77
- N19°9°66
- D14°5°86
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.
About this trail
About 8.4 km (5.2 mi) long, River Trail is a local hiking route in Congaree National Park, South Carolina, United States of America. It lies about 7.3 km southwest of Gadsden. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Oct–Apr.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 8.4 km · 5.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 7.3 km SW of Gadsden (Richland County, South Carolina) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Congaree National Park
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- South Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 33.8073, -80.8483
- Route start
- 33.8130, -80.8344
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 11103501
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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