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Hardy’s cottage to Max Gate
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Nov · highs 10–20 °C (50–68 °F)
- J8°3°87
- F7°3°66
- M10°4°72
- A12°5°58
- M15°8°59
- J18°11°53
- J20°13°49
- A20°13°56
- S17°11°68
- O14°9°98
- N10°6°97
- D8°4°99
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
- Mapped length
- 4.8 km · 3.0 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 3.3 km SW of Puddletown (Dorset, England) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Nov
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Dorset
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- From / to
- Hardy's Cottage;50.731562 , -2.3863721;SY 72828 92510 → Max Gate;50.707873 , -2.4193566;SY 70485 89888
- Route centre
- 50.7198, -2.4029
- Route start
- 50.7316, -2.3864
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19683706
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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