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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jan–Nov · highs 13–17 °C (55–63 °F)
- J13°8°187
- F13°9°176
- M13°9°132
- A14°10°54
- M15°11°29
- J16°12°7
- J16°12°2
- A17°13°4
- S17°13°6
- O16°12°48
- N14°10°126
- D13°9°205
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
- Length
- 2.1 km · 1.3 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Beach group
- California beach trails › Northern California beach trails
- Nearest town
- 9.1 km SW of Inverness (Marin County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Point Reyes National Seashore
- Connects to
- Estero Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jan–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 38.0336, -122.9153
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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