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California Mission Trail - Mission San Miguel Arcangel to Mission San Antonio de Padua

In Bridge Canyon

Regional route66 km · 41 miBest Oct–May

Next nearby hike: Wilson Canyon 28 mi · 45 kmExplore Bridge Canyon →

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Best time to hike

Best months: Oct–May · highs 15–27 °C (59–81 °F)

  1. J16°4°85
  2. F17°5°78
  3. M20°7°67
  4. A23°8°26
  5. M27°11°8
  6. J30°13°1
  7. J32°16°0
  8. A31°16°1
  9. S30°15°5
  10. O25°11°20
  11. N19°7°40
  12. D15°4°69

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 Mission Trail - Mission San Miguel Arcangel to Mission San Antonio de Padua is a regional hiking route of about 66 km (41 mi) in California, United States of America. It is at San Miguel. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Oct–May.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Mapped length
66 km · 41 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Valley
Bridge Canyon (GeoNames)
Nearest town
At San Miguel (San Luis Obispo County, California) · GeoNames
Part of
California Mission Trail (national route)
Best months
Oct–May
Country
United States of America
Region
California
Continent
North America
Route type
Regional route
Ref
CMT11
From / to
Mission San Miguel Arcangel → Mission San Aontonio de Padua
Route centre
35.8801, -120.9723
Route start
35.7449, -120.6969
OpenStreetMap
relation 20232196
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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