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Escape from Prison Hill
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov · highs 10–27 °C (50–81 °F)
- J6°-3°46
- F7°-2°43
- M10°0°36
- A14°3°17
- M21°7°14
- J27°12°10
- J32°16°5
- A31°16°6
- S26°13°9
- O19°8°19
- N12°2°31
- D6°-2°40
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
- County
- Data from
- Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Mountain range
- Great Basin Ranges (Intermountain West › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 7.1 km SE of Carson City (Nevada) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Mexican Ditch (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Nevada
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.1190, -119.7130
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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