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Fort Wilkins State Historic Park - Lake Superior Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Oct · highs 11–22 °C (52–72 °F)
- J-7°-12°65
- F-7°-12°44
- M-2°-7°49
- A3°-2°63
- M9°4°83
- J14°10°80
- J20°16°68
- A22°18°77
- S18°15°91
- O11°8°92
- N5°2°74
- D-1°-5°78
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 5.5 km (3.4 mi) long, Fort Wilkins State Historic Park - Lake Superior Trail is a trail in Michigan, United States of America. It lies about 33 km east of Eagle River. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Jun–Oct.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 5.5 km · 3.4 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Unknown
- Data from
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Nearest town
- 33 km E of Eagle River (Keweenaw County, Michigan) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jun–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Michigan
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 47.4666, -87.8685
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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