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Gillette Castle Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov · highs 11–26 °C (52–79 °F)
- J3°-5°89
- F4°-4°90
- M8°0°112
- A14°5°112
- M19°10°96
- J24°16°104
- J27°19°97
- A26°18°106
- S23°15°106
- O16°9°113
- N11°4°114
- D5°-1°110
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
- 4.2 km · 2.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
- Valley
- Hemlock Valley (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 3.4 km NE of Chester Center (Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Railroad Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Connecticut
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 41.4252, -72.4288
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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