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Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 1
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Jun, Aug–Oct · highs 18–27 °C (64–81 °F)
- J6°-7°16
- F7°-7°22
- M11°-4°45
- A15°0°66
- M20°5°59
- J25°10°47
- J28°13°49
- A27°13°49
- S24°9°39
- O18°3°38
- N10°-3°21
- D5°-7°23
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
- Mapped length
- 17 km · 11 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Central Front Range (Front Range › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- At Golden (Jefferson County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Denver Orbital Trail (regional route)
- Best months
- May–Jun, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- DOT-1
- Operator (OSM)
- DenverOrbital.org
- From / to
- Downtown Golden → Apex Park
- Route centre
- 39.7359, -105.2307
- Route start
- 39.7587, -105.2199
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17718135
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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