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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Sep–Nov · highs 13–26 °C (55–79 °F)
- J6°-3°58
- F9°-1°65
- M14°3°96
- A20°9°108
- M24°14°144
- J28°18°127
- J31°21°108
- A31°20°99
- S26°16°119
- O20°10°94
- N13°4°98
- D7°-2°76
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
- Length
- 8.3 km · 5.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Nearest town
- 18 km W of Fort Leonard Wood (Pulaski County, Missouri) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Mark Twain National Forest
- Connects to
- Cole Creek Blue Loop (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–May, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Missouri
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.6769, -92.3559
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 centreCole Creek Yellow Loop
1.2 mi · 2.0 km · Mark Twain National Forest
Cole Creek Blue Loop
1.2 mi · 2.0 km · Mark Twain National Forest
Cole Creek Red Loop
2.0 mi · 3.3 km · Mark Twain National Forest
Paddy Creek-Bald Ridge Spur
18 mi · 29 km · Mark Twain National Forest
Paddy Creek-Big Piney Trail
19 mi · 31 km · Mark Twain National Forest
Kaintuck Trail South Blue
25 mi · 41 km · Mark Twain National Forest
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