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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 14–27 °C (57–81 °F)
- J0°-8°55
- F2°-7°52
- M7°-3°68
- A14°3°79
- M20°9°82
- J25°15°103
- J27°17°98
- A26°17°90
- S22°13°89
- O15°7°91
- N9°2°75
- D2°-4°63
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
- State agency
- Data from
- New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
- Nearest town
- 4.3 km N of Northwest Ithaca (Tompkins County, New York) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- North Rim Trail, South Rim (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New York
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 42.5082, -76.5534
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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