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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 12–26 °C (54–79 °F)
- J6°-2°169
- F8°-1°162
- M12°2°151
- A17°6°142
- M21°11°144
- J25°15°142
- J26°17°167
- A26°17°128
- S23°13°119
- O18°8°95
- N12°4°131
- D7°-1°168
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
- 9.6 km · 6.0 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Local government
- Data from
- State of Tennessee
- Mountain range
- Southern Cumberland Mountains (Cumberland Mountains › Appalachian Plateau; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.9 km N of Petros (Morgan County, Tennessee) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Chimney Top Trail, East Lookout Tower Trail, South Old Mac Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Tennessee
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.1542, -84.4684
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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0.2 mi · 0.3 km · Tennessee
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1.6 mi · 2.6 km · Tennessee
North Old Mac Trail
1.8 mi · 2.9 km · Tennessee
East Lookout Tower Trail
2.0 mi · 3.2 km · Tennessee
South Old Mac Trail
2.0 mi · 3.2 km · Tennessee
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