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Denver Orbital Trail - Segment 9
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 18–26 °C (64–79 °F)
- J5°-9°16
- F7°-8°19
- M11°-5°44
- A15°-1°64
- M20°5°64
- J26°10°52
- J29°14°58
- A28°13°62
- S24°9°35
- O18°3°36
- N10°-4°23
- D5°-9°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
- 6.9 km · 4.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Highlands Point (mountain, 1,925 m; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 4.3 km S 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-9
- Operator (OSM)
- DenverOrbital.org
- From / to
- Red-Tail Park → Highland Heritage Regional Park
- Route centre
- 39.5266, -104.9394
- Route start
- 39.5154, -104.9611
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17751628
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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