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Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 8
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 19–26 °C (66–79 °F)
- J6°-8°15
- F8°-7°18
- M11°-4°41
- A16°0°61
- M21°6°58
- J26°11°47
- J30°14°52
- A28°14°55
- S25°10°33
- O19°3°34
- N11°-3°22
- D6°-8°21
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
- 5.6 km SW of Highlands Ranch (Douglas County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Denver Orbital Trail (regional route)
- Connects to
- East/West Regional Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- DOT-8
- Operator (OSM)
- DenverOrbital.org
- From / to
- Plum Valley Park → Red-Tail Park
- Route centre
- 39.5172, -104.9938
- Route start
- 39.5295, -105.0266
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17750936
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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