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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 12–16 °C (54–61 °F)
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- F7°3°136
- M8°4°158
- A9°5°96
- M12°8°88
- J14°10°91
- J16°12°102
- A16°12°125
- S14°11°155
- O12°9°191
- N9°6°180
- D7°4°172
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 (signed)
- 48 km · 30 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 47 km · 29 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 5.7 km W of Millport (North Ayrshire, Scotland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Argyll and Bute
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- National route
- From / to
- Kilchattan → Port Bannatyne
- Route centre
- 55.8246, -5.0913
- Route start
- 55.7469, -5.0154
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 1756633
- Wikidata
- Q7985567
- Official info
- westislandway.co.uk/
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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