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California Mission Trail

In Murphy Canyon

National route1,300 km · 808 miGood year-round

Next nearby hike: Mission Bay Bike Path 6.0 mi · 9.7 kmExplore Murphy Canyon →

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Best time to hike

Year-round

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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 1,300 km (808 mi) long, California Mission Trail is a national hiking route in California, United States of America. By long-term climate averages it can be hiked year-round.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Length (signed)
1,300 km · 808 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
849 km · 528 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Valley
Murphy Canyon (GeoNames)
Best months
Year-round
Country
United States of America
Region
California
Continent
North America
Route type
National route
Ref
CMT
From / to
Mission San Diego de Alcala → Mission San Francisco Solano
Route centre
34.5842, -119.2308
Route start
32.7844, -117.1068
OpenStreetMap
relation 11018370
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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distance from the trail start

Mission Bay Bike Path

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6.2 mi · 10.0 km · California

Fiesta Island Shoreline

7 mi · 10 km · California

Spanish Landing Park

7 mi · 11 km · California

Mission Bay Park

7 mi · 11 km · California

Fiesta Island Dog Park

7 mi · 11 km · California

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