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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 14–24 °C (57–75 °F)
- J14°5°89
- F16°7°88
- M20°10°105
- A24°13°82
- M28°18°85
- J30°22°139
- J32°24°166
- A30°23°186
- S28°21°145
- O24°16°96
- N20°11°65
- D15°7°88
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
- 78 km · 48 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Designation
- National Recreation Trail
- Nearest town
- 19 km NW of Awendaw (Charleston County, South Carolina) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- South Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 33.1340, -79.7854
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 centreJericho Horse Trail
3.8 mi · 6.1 km · Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
Wambaw Cycle Trail
10 mi · 16 km · Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
Ion Swamp
11 mi · 17 km · Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
Tuxbury Horse Trail
11 mi · 18 km · Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
Awendaw Passage/Palmetto Trl
13 mi · 21 km · Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
South Tibwin Trail
16 mi · 26 km · Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
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