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Circuito da Picota (Rota das Árvores Monumentais)
On Picota, Monchique Mountains
Next nearby hike: Árvores da Vila (Rota das Árvores Monumentais) 0.0 mi · 0.1 kmExplore Picota →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–Jun · highs 13–26 °C (55–79 °F)
- J13°5°111
- F14°6°114
- M17°8°80
- A18°9°97
- M21°11°53
- J26°14°16
- J29°16°4
- A29°17°6
- S26°15°35
- O21°12°106
- N17°9°151
- D14°7°186
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
Circuito da Picota (Rota das Árvores Monumentais) is a local hiking route of about 26 km (16 mi) in Faro, Portugal. It is on Picota in the Monchique Mountains. It is at Monchique.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 26 km · 16 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Picota (mountain; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Monchique Mountains (Western Sierra Morena › Morena Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- At Monchique (Faro) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Sep–Jun
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Faro
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Almargem
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 37.3208, -8.5227
- Route start
- 37.3166, -8.5552
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9594719
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail startÁrvores da Vila (Rota das Árvores Monumentais)
0.0 mi · 0.1 km · Faro
Circuito da Fóia (Rota das Árvores Monumentais)
1.1 mi · 1.8 km · Faro
Caminho das Caldas - Picota
1.6 mi · 2.6 km · Faro
Via Algarviana - Ligação 11: Alferce-Monchique
1.8 mi · 2.9 km · Faro
Via Algarviana - Ligação 10: Monchique-Alferce
2.1 mi · 3.3 km · Faro
Fóia e área envolvente (Rota da Geologia)
2.4 mi · 3.9 km · Faro