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Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 17
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–May, Sep–Oct · highs 17–26 °C (63–79 °F)
- J7°-7°13
- F9°-6°13
- M13°-3°32
- A17°2°49
- M22°7°60
- J28°12°46
- J31°16°52
- A30°15°49
- S26°11°29
- O19°4°28
- N12°-2°18
- D6°-7°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
- Mapped length
- 11 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 4.8 km E of Aurora (Adams County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Denver Orbital Trail (regional route)
- Connects to
- High Line Canal Trail (National Recreation Trail), Sand Creek Greenway Trail (National Recreation Trail) (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–May, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- DOT17
- Operator (OSM)
- DenverOrbital.org
- From / to
- Sand Creek Regional Greenway → First Creek Trail
- Route centre
- 39.7674, -104.7661
- Route start
- 39.7387, -104.7776
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17878296
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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