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Best time to hike

Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 13–27 °C (55–81 °F)

  1. J7°-3°143
  2. F9°-1°158
  3. M13°2°135
  4. A18°6°118
  5. M22°11°130
  6. J25°15°133
  7. J27°17°140
  8. A26°17°106
  9. S23°14°98
  10. O19°8°79
  11. N13°3°118
  12. D8°-1°138

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
19 km · 12 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain
Sugarland Mountain (mountain, 1,675 m; GeoNames)
Mountain range
Central Great Smoky Mountains (Great Smoky Mountains › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
Nearest town
7.8 km SW of Gatlinburg (Sevier County, Tennessee) · GeoNames
Park or forest
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Best months
Mar–Nov
Country
United States of America
Region
Tennessee
Continent
North America
Route type
Regional route
Route centre
35.6313, -83.5258
Route start
35.6717, -83.5805
OpenStreetMap
relation 7552902
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 start

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