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Grand Enchantment Trail Segment 12: Gila Valley North
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Mar · highs 15–22 °C (59–72 °F)
- J16°3°20
- F18°4°18
- M22°7°16
- A27°11°8
- M32°16°7
- J37°21°7
- J37°24°42
- A35°23°47
- S33°20°25
- O27°14°22
- N21°7°14
- D15°3°21
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 36 km (22 mi) long, Grand Enchantment Trail Segment 12: Gila Valley North is a local hiking route in Arizona, United States of America. It is at Safford. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Nov–Mar.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 36 km · 22 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- At Safford (Graham County, Arizona) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Grand Enchantment Trail (super) (local route)
- Best months
- Nov–Mar
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Arizona
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- From / to
- Safford, AZ → Safford-Morenci Trailhead
- Route centre
- 32.8976, -109.6332
- Route start
- 32.8312, -109.6981
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18866250
- Official info
- simblissity.net/get/guide-seg12.shtml
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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