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Charleston Peak Trail South Loop
On Mount Charleston, Spring Mountains
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 13–26 °C (55–79 °F)
- J3°-6°65
- F5°-5°77
- M9°-2°51
- A13°1°25
- M19°6°15
- J24°11°8
- J26°15°49
- A25°14°49
- S21°10°32
- O15°5°35
- N8°-2°26
- D3°-6°62
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
- 14 km · 8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Mount Charleston (peak, 3,600 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Spring Mountains (Great Basin Ranges › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 31 km E of Pahrump (Nye County, Nevada) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Nevada
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- 5145
- Operator (OSM)
- United States Forest Service
- Route centre
- 36.2541, -115.6670
- Route start
- 36.2563, -115.6459
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19733488
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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