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Cowell-Wilder Regional Trail

In the Santa Cruz Mountains

Regional route15 km · 10 miGood year-round

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Best time to hike

Year-round

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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

Cowell-Wilder Regional Trail is a regional hiking route of about 15 km (10 mi) in California, United States of America. It is in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It lies about 4.6 km southwest of Felton.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Mapped length
15 km · 10 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain range
Santa Cruz Mountains (Southern California Coast Ranges › California Coast Ranges; GMBA)
Nearest town
4.6 km SW of Felton (Santa Cruz County, California) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
United States of America
Region
California
Continent
North America
Route type
Regional route
Route centre
37.0203, -122.0763
Route start
37.0199, -122.1064
OpenStreetMap
relation 3202914
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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