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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 16–27 °C (61–81 °F)
- J2°-9°13
- F4°-7°17
- M9°-3°41
- A16°3°72
- M21°10°100
- J27°15°101
- J30°19°83
- A29°18°73
- S25°13°66
- O17°6°56
- N8°-2°26
- D1°-8°17
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
- 301 km · 187 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
- Designation
- National Recreation Trail
- Connects to
- Cowboy Trail Detour (CLOSED) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Nebraska
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 42.6190, -99.1920
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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