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Jug Handle Ecological Staircase Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–Nov · highs 13–22 °C (55–72 °F)
- J13°7°241
- F13°7°198
- M14°8°180
- A15°8°102
- M17°10°51
- J20°12°18
- J22°14°2
- A22°14°6
- S22°14°13
- O19°12°82
- N15°10°179
- D12°7°274
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
- 3.0 km · 1.9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- California Coastal Commission
- Nearest town
- 2.5 km NE of Caspar (Mendocino County, California) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Feb–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.3740, -123.7900
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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