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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov · highs 10–27 °C (50–81 °F)
- J8°-1°157
- F10°1°170
- M14°4°154
- A18°8°133
- M22°12°133
- J26°16°145
- J27°18°162
- A27°18°135
- S24°15°139
- O19°9°117
- N14°5°133
- D9°1°166
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
- 7.1 km · 4.4 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Smith Mountain (mountain, 858 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Georgia Blue Ridge (Southern Blue Ridge Front › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.0 km NE of Helen (White County, Georgia) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests
- Best months
- Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Georgia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 34.7498, -83.7025
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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