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Essex Railroad Rail Trail

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Trail19 km · 12 miBest Apr–Oct

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Best time to hike

Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 11–25 °C (52–77 °F)

  1. J2°-5°99
  2. F3°-4°102
  3. M6°-1°127
  4. A11°4°118
  5. M16°10°104
  6. J22°15°103
  7. J25°18°100
  8. A24°18°94
  9. S20°15°103
  10. O15°9°114
  11. N10°4°122
  12. D5°-2°116

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

About 19 km (12 mi) long, Essex Railroad Rail Trail is a trail in Massachusetts, United States of America. It lies about 1.7 km north of Peabody. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Apr–Oct.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Length
19 km · 12 mi (agency length field)
Source
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Data from
MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information)
Place
Essex Railroad Rail (grouped by trail name)
Nearest town
1.7 km N of Peabody (Essex County, Massachusetts) · GeoNames
Best months
Apr–Oct
Country
United States of America
Region
Massachusetts
Continent
North America
Route centre
42.5437, -70.9295
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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