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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–May · highs 11–27 °C (52–81 °F)
- J11°2°101
- F13°3°101
- M18°7°112
- A22°11°80
- M27°16°79
- J30°20°104
- J32°22°97
- A31°22°114
- S28°18°92
- O22°13°93
- N17°8°85
- D12°3°98
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
- 42 km · 26 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Nearest town
- 13 km E of Monarch Mill (Union County, South Carolina) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
- Best months
- Oct–May
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- South Carolina
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 34.7177, -81.4420
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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Browns Mountain Trail
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Battlefield Trail
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Nature Trail
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