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The Bluff Wilderness Hiking Trail
On The Bluff
Next nearby hike: Ash Lake Loop 2.9 mi · 4.6 kmExplore The Bluff →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 13–22 °C (55–72 °F)
- J-1°-9°152
- F0°-8°128
- M3°-4°143
- A8°1°124
- M13°6°136
- J18°11°118
- J22°15°116
- A22°16°115
- S18°13°117
- O13°8°148
- N8°3°176
- D2°-4°162
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
- 26 km · 16 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- The Bluff (mountain; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 1.7 km W of Timberlea (Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 44.6395, -63.7876
- Route start
- 44.6623, -63.7680
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 4803366
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
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Cabin Lake and Fleetview Trails
5.2 mi · 8.4 km · Nova Scotia
Hemlock Ravine Park Trail System
5.3 mi · 8.6 km · Nova Scotia
Gibraltar Rock Loop
30 mi · 48 km · Nova Scotia