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Big Moose Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 16–24 °C (61–75 °F)
- J-9°-17°23
- F-6°-14°18
- M0°-8°27
- A9°-1°53
- M16°6°78
- J21°12°112
- J24°16°101
- A23°15°92
- S18°11°101
- O10°4°76
- N1°-4°43
- D-7°-13°27
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.
About this trail
2.5 mile trail to Big Moose Lake in the BWCA
OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 3.4 km · 2.1 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 3.4 km · 2.1 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 26 km NW of Ely (Saint Louis County, Minnesota) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Superior National Forest
- Connects to
- Moose Loop Spur F (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Minnesota
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 48.0730, -92.0870
- Route start
- 48.0847, -92.0918
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 11734698
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.