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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 14–25 °C (57–77 °F)
- J14°0°33
- F16°1°38
- M19°4°36
- A24°7°20
- M29°13°10
- J35°18°7
- J36°21°40
- A35°20°51
- S31°17°39
- O25°10°30
- N19°5°26
- D14°1°35
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
- 6.7 km · 4.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Designation
- <Null>
- Nearest town
- 3.9 km E of Verde Village (Yavapai County, Arizona) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Coconino National Forest
- Connects to
- Side Oats Loop (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Arizona
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 34.7159, -111.9586
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreCreosote Loop
0.5 mi · 0.8 km · Coconino National Forest
Side Oats Loop
0.6 mi · 1.0 km · Coconino National Forest
Black Grama Loop
0.9 mi · 1.5 km · Coconino National Forest
Bill Ensign
2.6 mi · 4.2 km · Coconino National Forest
Thumper
3.9 mi · 6.2 km · Coconino National Forest
Crucifixion
4.9 mi · 7.9 km · Prescott National Forest
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