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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 11–25 °C (52–77 °F)
- J4°-4°92
- F6°-3°88
- M11°0°106
- A16°5°94
- M20°10°122
- J23°14°116
- J25°16°129
- A25°16°110
- S21°12°97
- O16°7°78
- N11°2°88
- D6°-3°93
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
- 87 km · 54 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Blue Ridge Mountains (Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 12 km E of Sugar Grove (Smyth County, Virginia) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Virginia
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.7324, -81.3862
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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