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Starr Mountain Horse Trail
On Starr Mountain, Unicoi Mountains
Next nearby hike: Cooper Gap 0.5 mi · 0.7 kmExplore Starr Mountain →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov · highs 10–27 °C (50–81 °F)
- J8°-1°156
- F10°1°169
- M15°4°139
- A19°8°133
- M23°12°128
- J27°17°136
- J28°19°144
- A28°18°114
- S25°15°111
- O20°9°89
- N14°5°133
- D9°1°159
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
- Mapped length
- 4.5 km · 2.8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Starr Mountain (mountain, 564 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Unicoi Mountains (Southern Blue Ridge Front › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 4.8 km SE of Etowah (McMinn County, Tennessee) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Cherokee National Forest
- Connects to
- Starr Mountain Hiking Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Tennessee
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 35.3052, -84.4711
- Route start
- 35.2914, -84.4887
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7335433
- Official info
- outdoor.rocks/
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail startCooper Gap
0.5 mi · 0.7 km · Cherokee National Forest
Chestnut Mountain Horse Trail
1.7 mi · 2.7 km · Cherokee National Forest
Hogback Horse Trail
1.9 mi · 3.0 km · Cherokee National Forest
Coffee Branch Trail
4.2 mi · 6.8 km · Cherokee National Forest
Starr Mountain Hiking Trail
4.2 mi · 6.8 km · Cherokee National Forest
Reliance Loop
4.5 mi · 7.2 km · Cherokee National Forest
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