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Grand Enchantment Trail Segment 13: Old Safford-Morenci Trail
Next nearby hike: Grand Enchantment Trail: Lower Eagle Creek Road Spur 2.8 mi · 4.5 kmExplore Natanes Mountains →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–Apr, Oct–Nov · highs 15–24 °C (59–75 °F)
- J13°-1°31
- F15°0°31
- M19°3°26
- A24°7°12
- M29°12°11
- J34°17°12
- J34°20°67
- A32°19°73
- S30°16°41
- O24°10°37
- N18°4°24
- D13°-1°32
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
Grand Enchantment Trail Segment 13: Old Safford-Morenci Trail is a local hiking route of about 25 km (15 mi) in Arizona, United States of America. It is in the Natanes Mountains. It lies about 12 km west of Morenci.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 25 km · 15 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Natanes Mountains (Colorado Plateau › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 12 km W of Morenci (Greenlee County, Arizona) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Grand Enchantment Trail (super) (local route)
- Best months
- Feb–Apr, Oct–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Arizona
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- From / to
- Safford-Morenci Trailhead → Black River Road
- Route centre
- 33.0170, -109.5414
- Route start
- 33.0612, -109.4608
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18866397
- Official info
- simblissity.net/get/guide-seg13.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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail startGrand Enchantment Trail: Lower Eagle Creek Road Spur
2.8 mi · 4.5 km · Arizona
Grand Enchantment Trail Segment 14: Eagle Creek - Painted Bluffs
4.6 mi · 7.4 km · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests
Spur Cross
8 mi · 13 km · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests
Safford-Morenci Trail
9 mi · 14 km · Arizona
Grand Enchantment Trail Alternative 15
11 mi · 17 km · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests
Pinal
11 mi · 17 km · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests
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