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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Sep–Nov · highs 12–25 °C (54–77 °F)
- J5°-4°68
- F7°-2°69
- M12°1°87
- A18°7°87
- M23°12°103
- J28°18°88
- J30°20°91
- A29°19°87
- S25°16°89
- O19°9°77
- N13°4°80
- D6°-1°77
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
- 2.4 km · 1.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Nearest town
- 3.3 km E of Ballenger Creek (Frederick County, Maryland) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Monocacy National Battlefield
- Best months
- Mar–May, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Maryland
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.3733, -77.3975
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
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0.7 mi · 1.1 km · Monocacy National Battlefield
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1.0 mi · 1.7 km · Monocacy National Battlefield
Brooks Hill Loop
1.3 mi · 2.0 km · Monocacy National Battlefield
Black Locust Trail
8 mi · 13 km · Maryland
Green Ash
8 mi · 13 km · Maryland
Yellow Poplar
9 mi · 14 km · Maryland
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