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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–May · highs 14–24 °C (57–75 °F)
- J14°3°89
- F15°4°85
- M18°5°73
- A20°6°29
- M24°9°12
- J28°12°2
- J31°14°1
- A31°15°1
- S29°13°6
- O24°10°22
- N18°6°44
- D14°3°70
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
- Mapped length
- 3.1 km · 1.9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Balconies (mountain, 651 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Gabilan Range (Southern California Coast Ranges › California Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 14 km NE of Soledad (Monterey County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Pinnacles National Park
- Best months
- Oct–May
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 36.4977, -121.2047
- Route start
- 36.4978, -121.2031
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7139359
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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