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Virginia Capital Trail
Next nearby hike: Fieldstone 13 mi · 21 kmExplore Virginia Capital →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–May, Sep–Dec · highs 10–26 °C (50–79 °F)
- J8°0°84
- F11°1°78
- M15°5°102
- A21°10°88
- M25°14°101
- J29°19°97
- J31°22°122
- A30°21°120
- S26°18°112
- O21°12°83
- N16°7°80
- D10°2°90
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
- 32 km · 20 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Data from
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Designation
- National Recreation Trail
- Place
- Virginia Capital (grouped by trail name)
- Nearest town
- 4.5 km E of Charles City (Charles City County, Virginia) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Feb–May, Sep–Dec
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.3398, -77.0218
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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