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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 13–27 °C (55–81 °F)
- J0°-9°10
- F2°-9°15
- M7°-5°24
- A11°-1°47
- M17°5°81
- J22°10°76
- J27°14°65
- A26°13°51
- S21°8°35
- O13°2°34
- N5°-5°16
- D0°-9°12
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.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 5.3 km · 3.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Southern Black Hills (Black Hills; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 19 km W of Custer (Custer County, South Dakota) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Jewel Cave National Monument
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- South Dakota
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- United States National Park Service
- Route centre
- 43.7278, -103.8376
- Route start
- 43.7307, -103.8311
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 11085525
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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