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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 12–25 °C (54–77 °F)
- J-3°-13°66
- F-1°-11°66
- M4°-6°72
- A12°1°73
- M18°7°83
- J23°12°89
- J25°15°100
- A24°14°84
- S20°10°88
- O13°4°97
- N6°-1°80
- D0°-9°71
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
- 5.8 km · 3.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Designation
- Appalachian
- Nearest town
- 2.9 km E of Hanover (Grafton County, New Hampshire) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Hampshire
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 43.7025, -72.2448
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.
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