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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep · highs 16–22 °C (61–72 °F)
- J-5°-16°38
- F-3°-15°35
- M1°-11°53
- A6°-8°91
- M12°-3°139
- J16°2°132
- J22°6°66
- A22°5°58
- S16°1°61
- O8°-5°68
- N-1°-11°49
- D-6°-17°37
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
- 13 km · 8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Bangtail Mountains (Bridger Mountains › Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 20 km NW of Livingston (Park County, Montana) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Connects to
- Bishop Park (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Montana
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 45.7831, -110.7504
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 centreBishop Park
1.5 mi · 2.3 km · Custer Gallatin National Forest
Willow Creek North
1.5 mi · 2.4 km · Custer Gallatin National Forest
Canyon Creek
2.5 mi · 4.0 km · Custer Gallatin National Forest
Bangtail Divide
2.7 mi · 4.4 km · Custer Gallatin National Forest
Willow Creek South
3.4 mi · 5.5 km · Custer Gallatin National Forest
Jackson Creek
4.4 mi · 7.0 km · Custer Gallatin National Forest
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