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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 11–25 °C (52–77 °F)
- J-3°-12°94
- F-1°-11°92
- M4°-6°100
- A11°1°102
- M18°8°110
- J22°13°110
- J25°16°109
- A24°15°106
- S19°11°104
- O12°5°117
- N6°-1°106
- D-1°-9°111
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
- 3.4 km · 2.1 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- New York Department of Environmental Conservation
- Mountain
- Forks Mountain (mountain, 468 m; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 15 km E of Lake Pleasant (Hamilton County, New York) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New York
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 43.4703, -74.2318
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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