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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 16–26 °C (61–79 °F)
- J12°-2°18
- F15°-1°17
- M18°2°12
- A22°6°22
- M25°10°44
- J26°13°66
- J25°14°81
- A25°14°78
- S23°11°54
- O20°7°50
- N16°2°16
- D13°-1°13
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
- 3.9 km · 2.4 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain
- Townsend Point (mountain, 2,304 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Chisos Mountains (Intermountain West › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 62 km E of Manuel Benavides (Chihuahua, Mexico) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Big Bend National Park
- Connects to
- Boot Canyon (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Texas
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 29.2324, -103.2915
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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