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Skyland-Big Meadows Horse Trail
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 13–24 °C (55–75 °F)
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- F4°-6°90
- M8°-3°112
- A13°1°119
- M17°6°139
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- S19°10°154
- O14°4°109
- N9°0°119
- D4°-4°99
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 15 km (9 mi) long, Skyland-Big Meadows Horse Trail is a trail in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, United States of America. It is in Shenandoah-Middle Section. It lies about 10 km east of Stanley.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 15 km · 9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain range
- Shenandoah-Middle Section (Northern Blue Ridge › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 10 km E of Stanley (Page County, Virginia) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Shenandoah National Park
- Connects to
- Rose River Loop Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.5552, -78.3923
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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