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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 14–22 °C (57–72 °F)
- J3°-2°457
- F5°-2°315
- M6°-1°296
- A9°0°196
- M14°4°127
- J18°7°100
- J21°11°61
- A22°11°67
- S19°9°100
- O13°4°285
- N6°-1°484
- D3°-3°465
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
- 32 km · 20 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Designation
- Pacific Northwest
- Mountain range
- Central Olympic Mountains (Olympic Mountains › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 42 km S of Port Angeles East (Clallam County, Washington) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Olympic National Park
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Washington
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 47.8152, -123.4888
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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