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Chichaqua Valley Trail
Next nearby hike: Gay Lea Wilson Trail West 1.1 mi · 1.8 kmExplore Iowa →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 17–27 °C (63–81 °F)
- J0°-10°23
- F2°-8°31
- M10°-1°55
- A17°5°97
- M22°12°127
- J27°17°127
- J29°19°120
- A28°19°106
- S24°14°81
- O17°8°66
- N9°0°53
- D1°-7°32
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
- 48 km · 30 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 5.7 km NE of Des Moines (Polk County, Iowa) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Iowa
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Route centre
- 41.7353, -93.3638
- Route start
- 41.6444, -93.5747
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17325984
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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