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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Nov · highs 10–20 °C (50–68 °F)
- J4°-1°93
- F4°-1°88
- M5°1°109
- A8°5°105
- M11°9°84
- J16°14°88
- J20°18°74
- A20°19°82
- S18°16°96
- O14°11°94
- N10°7°110
- D6°2°107
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
Cape Cod Rail Trail is a trail in Massachusetts, United States of America, about 14 km (9 mi) in length. It lies about 4.3 km southeast of Wellfleet. By long-term climate averages, the best months are May–Nov.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 14 km · 9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information)
- Nearby park
- Cape Cod National Seashore (0.27 km from the boundary)
- Nearest town
- 4.3 km SE of Wellfleet (Barnstable County, Massachusetts) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 41.9204, -69.9954
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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