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California Coastal Trail - Arcata
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–Oct · highs 12–17 °C (54–63 °F)
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- F12°8°180
- M12°8°195
- A13°8°114
- M14°9°60
- J15°10°30
- J16°11°6
- A16°12°10
- S17°12°19
- O16°11°79
- N13°9°201
- D12°8°322
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
California Coastal Trail - Arcata is a local hiking route in California, United States of America, about 21 km (13 mi) in length. It lies about 3.1 km southwest of McKinleyville. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Feb–Oct.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 21 km · 13 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Beach group
- California beach trails › Northern California beach trails
- Nearest town
- 3.1 km SW of McKinleyville (Humboldt County, California) · GeoNames
- Part of
- California Coastal Trail - North Humboldt County (regional route)
- Best months
- Feb–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- CCT
- From / to
- Mad River Bridge → on the Humboldt Bay Trail
- Route centre
- 40.8638, -124.1141
- Route start
- 40.9226, -124.1204
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 15745566
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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