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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Apr, Oct–Nov · highs 16–22 °C (61–72 °F)
- J11°-2°15
- F14°0°11
- M18°2°13
- A22°6°13
- M27°11°18
- J32°16°20
- J31°19°58
- A30°18°71
- S27°14°45
- O22°8°34
- N16°2°16
- D10°-2°20
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
About 7.2 km (4.5 mi) long, Blue Canyon Trail is a local hiking route in New Mexico, United States of America. It lies about 11 km southwest of Socorro. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Mar–Apr, Oct–Nov.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 7.2 km · 4.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Valley
- Blue Canyon (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 11 km SW of Socorro (Socorro County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Apr, Oct–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Bureau of Land Management
- Route centre
- 34.0016, -106.9471
- Route start
- 33.9850, -106.9698
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18854696
- Official info
- blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2022-05/map-blu
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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