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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 16–27 °C (61–81 °F)
- J10°0°307
- F11°0°264
- M13°1°212
- A16°3°108
- M21°6°54
- J26°10°16
- J30°14°2
- A30°13°4
- S27°11°16
- O21°7°87
- N13°3°220
- D9°0°341
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
- 5.3 km · 3.3 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Elk Mountain (mountain, 1,274 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Northern California Coast Ranges (California Coast Ranges › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 14 km E of Potter Valley (Mendocino County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Mendocino National Forest
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.3124, -122.9477
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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0.9 mi · 1.5 km · Mendocino National Forest
Log Camp
1.3 mi · 2.1 km · Mendocino National Forest
Tadpole
1.3 mi · 2.2 km · Mendocino National Forest
Bucknell Creek
1.7 mi · 2.7 km · Mendocino National Forest
Summit
1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Mendocino National Forest
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