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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Oct–Nov · highs 15–26 °C (59–79 °F)
- J9°-4°12
- F12°-2°11
- M17°2°30
- A22°7°33
- M26°12°60
- J31°18°73
- J33°20°66
- A32°20°71
- S28°16°44
- O22°9°38
- N15°3°15
- D9°-3°16
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
- 4.5 km · 2.8 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
- 23 km NE of Elkhart (Morton County, Kansas) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Pike and San Isabel National Forests
- Connects to
- Santa Fe Nat Hist (National Historic Trail: Santa Fe) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–May, Oct–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Kansas
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.1841, -101.7514
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 centreCimarron River Trail
1.5 mi · 2.5 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
East Turkey
2.6 mi · 4.2 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Santa Fe Nat Hist
4.4 mi · 7.1 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
N Rte Middle Spring Connector
10 mi · 16 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Point Of Rocks Loop
12 mi · 20 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Santa Fe Nht-North Rte
14 mi · 23 km · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
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