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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 11–24 °C (52–75 °F)
- J-4°-14°101
- F-2°-12°109
- M3°-7°113
- A10°-1°126
- M16°6°130
- J21°12°140
- J24°14°153
- A23°14°145
- S18°10°130
- O11°3°152
- N5°-2°148
- D-1°-10°133
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
- 5.0 km · 3.1 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Noon Peak (mountain, 893 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Central Sandwich Range (Sandwich Range › White Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 1.6 km SW of Waterville Valley (Grafton County, New Hampshire) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- White Mountain National Forest
- Connects to
- Sandwich Mtn (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Hampshire
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 43.9253, -71.5016
- Route start
- 43.9382, -71.5110
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 6431861
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.
Nearest trails
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1.5 mi · 2.4 km · White Mountain National Forest
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Smarts Brook
2.8 mi · 4.5 km · White Mountain National Forest
Bennett Street Trail
3.1 mi · 5.0 km · White Mountain National Forest
Tripyramid Loop
3.3 mi · 5.3 km · White Mountain National Forest
Black Mtn Pond
3.7 mi · 5.9 km · White Mountain National Forest
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