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Carnahan West Trail
Next nearby hike: Palmer Creek Loop 59 mi · 95 kmExplore Kansas →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Sep–Nov · highs 12–27 °C (54–81 °F)
- J4°-6°16
- F7°-4°24
- M13°2°51
- A20°8°70
- M24°13°111
- J29°19°124
- J32°22°105
- A31°21°95
- S27°16°76
- O20°10°57
- N12°3°38
- D5°-4°24
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
- 13 km · 8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 18 km E of Riley (Riley County, Kansas) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–May, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Kansas
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Kansas Trails Council
- From / to
- Carnahan Creek Recreation Area → Garrison Recreation Area
- Route centre
- 39.3446, -96.6554
- Route start
- 39.3417, -96.6338
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 14720601
- Official info
- kansastrailscouncil.org/trails/carnahan/
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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