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El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro NHT
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–Apr, Oct–Nov · highs 15–24 °C (59–75 °F)
- J12°-1°12
- F15°1°9
- M19°4°11
- A24°8°10
- M29°13°14
- J33°18°14
- J33°20°42
- A32°20°51
- S29°16°34
- O23°10°28
- N17°3°13
- D11°-1°16
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.
About this trail
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro NHT is a trail of about 69 km (43 mi) in New Mexico, United States of America. It lies about 7.6 km southeast of Socorro. It is designated a National Recreation Trail.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 69 km · 43 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
- Data from
- Bureau of Land Management
- Designation
- National Recreation Trail
- Valley
- Arroyo Matanza (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 7.6 km SE of Socorro (Socorro County, New Mexico) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Feb–Apr, Oct–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Mexico
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 33.9963, -106.8565
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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