Estação da Biodiversidade de Boca do Rio
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
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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
Estação da Biodiversidade de Boca do Rio is a local hiking route in Faro, Portugal, about 2.0 km (1.3 mi) in length. It lies about 7.8 km west of Senhora da Luz. By long-term climate averages it can be hiked year-round.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 2.0 km · 1.3 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 2.0 km · 1.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 7.8 km W of Senhora da Luz (Lagos, Faro) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Faro
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- EBIO
- Operator (OSM)
- Centro de Conservação das Borboletas de Portugal
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 37.0678, -8.8136
- Route start
- 37.0662, -8.8100
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12472859
- Official info
- tagis.pt/boca-do-rio.html
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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