GR01SMA Great Route of Santa Maria
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
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- F16°14°83
- M16°15°80
- A16°15°63
- M17°16°49
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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
GR01SMA Great Route of Santa Maria is a regional hiking route in Azores, Portugal, about 79 km (49 mi) in length. It lies about 4.0 km southwest of Almagreira. By long-term climate averages it can be hiked year-round.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 79 km · 49 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 4.0 km SW of Almagreira (Vila do Porto, Azores) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Azores
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Local name
- GR01SMA Grande Rota de Santa Maria
- Route centre
- 36.9720, -25.0962
- Route start
- 36.9467, -25.1467
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 20960052
- Official info
- trails.visitazores.com/en/grand-routes/grande-ro
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.