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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 13–20 °C (55–68 °F)
- J-5°-15°95
- F-3°-14°93
- M1°-9°104
- A7°-3°121
- M13°3°134
- J18°8°155
- J20°11°162
- A19°10°158
- S15°7°142
- O9°1°154
- N3°-4°128
- D-2°-10°118
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
- 3.7 km · 2.3 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Battell Mountain (mountain, 1,045 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Central Green Mountains (Green Mountains › Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 7.9 km E of Ripton (Addison County, Vermont) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Vermont
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 43.9881, -72.9432
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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2.3 mi · 3.7 km · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests
Cooley Glen
3.9 mi · 6.2 km · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests
Widow's Clearing
4.3 mi · 6.9 km · Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests
LONG
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