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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 13–18 °C (55–64 °F)
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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 179 km (111 mi) long, California Coastal Trail is a regional hiking route in United States of America. It is in the Northern California Coast Ranges. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Apr–Oct.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 179 km · 111 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Northern California Coast Ranges (California Coast Ranges › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- CCT
- Operator (OSM)
- California Coastal Trail Association
- Route centre
- 41.2440, -124.1216
- Route start
- 41.2583, -124.0954
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 15745616
- Official info
- californiacoastaltrail.org/
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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