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Sumburgh Head to Grutness

Local route3.9 km · 2.4 miBest Jun–Oct

Next nearby hike: Jarlshoff to Sumburgh Head 0.5 mi · 0.8 kmExplore Shetland Islands →

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Best time to hike

Best months: Jun–Oct · highs 10–13 °C (50–55 °F)

  1. J7°5°136
  2. F6°4°105
  3. M7°5°114
  4. A7°6°62
  5. M8°7°56
  6. J10°9°56
  7. J12°11°64
  8. A13°12°78
  9. S12°11°102
  10. O11°9°138
  11. N9°7°136
  12. D8°6°128

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
3.9 km · 2.4 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
15 km S of Sandwick (Shetland Islands, Scotland) · GeoNames
Best months
Jun–Oct
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Shetland Islands
Continent
Europe
Route type
Local route
Route centre
59.8668, -1.2800
Route start
59.8693, -1.2880
OpenStreetMap
relation 11480060
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

Jarlshoff to Sumburgh Head

0.5 mi · 0.8 km · Shetland Islands

Croft Museum to Pool of Virkie

2.2 mi · 3.5 km · Shetland Islands

Links of Quendale

2.3 mi · 3.7 km · Shetland Islands

St Ninians Circular

7 mi · 12 km · Shetland Islands

Coastal Route to Hoswick

9 mi · 15 km · Shetland Islands

Mousa

10 mi · 16 km

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