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Sugar Cove Trail

On Round Mountain, Unicoi Mountains

Trail3.7 km · 2.3 miBest Apr–Nov

Next nearby hike: Jeffery's Hell Trail 1.3 mi · 2.0 kmExplore Round Mountain →

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Best time to hike

Best months: Apr–Nov · highs 11–23 °C (52–73 °F)

  1. J5°-4°210
  2. F7°-3°227
  3. M10°0°194
  4. A14°4°172
  5. M18°8°176
  6. J22°12°193
  7. J23°14°198
  8. A23°14°140
  9. S20°11°138
  10. O16°6°114
  11. N11°2°172
  12. D6°-2°217

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
Round Mountain (mountain, 927 m; GeoNames)
Mountain range
Unicoi Mountains (Southern Blue Ridge Front › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
Nearest town
21 km W of Robbinsville (Graham County, North Carolina) · GeoNames
Park or forest
Cherokee National Forest
Best months
Apr–Nov
Country
United States of America
Region
North Carolina
Continent
North America
Route centre
35.3437, -84.0363
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 centre

Jeffery's Hell Trail

1.3 mi · 2.0 km · Cherokee National Forest

Big Indian Branch

1.4 mi · 2.3 km · Cherokee National Forest

Falls Branch Trail

1.7 mi · 2.8 km · Cherokee National Forest

Laurel Branch Trail

1.9 mi · 3.0 km · Cherokee National Forest

Whigg Ridge Trail

2.6 mi · 4.3 km · Cherokee National Forest

Cold Springs Gap

2.8 mi · 4.6 km · Cherokee National Forest

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