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Kea Trail 05 - Karthaia
On Kefála, Eastern Mediterranean Islands
Next nearby hike: Kea Trail 12-2 - Piiessa 1.2 mi · 1.9 kmExplore Kefála →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J11°9°70
- F11°8°59
- M12°9°52
- A14°12°25
- M17°15°11
- J21°19°2
- J24°21°2
- A24°22°1
- S22°20°8
- O19°17°43
- N15°13°84
- D12°10°94
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
Easy and short route, from the settlement of Kato Meria, to the archeological site of Karthea. It has great views and uses dirt roads and beautiful cobbled paths that cross impressive slopes. The descent to the archeological site is relatively steep
OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Difficulty
- Easy (2/10) (hiking (T1) · OpenStreetMap SAC scale (ODbL))
- Length (signed)
- 3.8 km · 2.4 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 3.8 km · 2.4 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Kefála (peak; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Eastern Mediterranean Islands (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 5.9 km SW of Kéa (Nomós Kykládon, South Aegean) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- Greece
- Region
- South Aegean
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- 05 - Karthaia
- From / to
- Kato Meria → Karthaia
- SAC scale (OSM)
- hiking
- Route centre
- 37.5738, 24.3244
- Route start
- 37.5868, 24.3189
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 16848944
- Official info
- destinationkea.com/en/adventure-tourism/pathways
How it’s scored
Easy (2/10). Official rating: hiking (T1) · OpenStreetMap SAC scale (ODbL).
A score is omitted when we do not have an official rating or enough measured length and elevation gain to compute one. Nothing is guessed. Read the NPS method: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how-to-determine-hiking-difficulty.htm
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 startKea Trail 12-2 - Piiessa
1.2 mi · 1.9 km · South Aegean
Kea Trail 06 - Karthaia
1.4 mi · 2.2 km · South Aegean
Kea Trail 03 - Aristeos
1.7 mi · 2.7 km · South Aegean
Kea Trail 07 - Karthaia
1.8 mi · 2.9 km · South Aegean
Kea Trail 12-1 - Piiessa
2.1 mi · 3.4 km · South Aegean
Kea Trail 09 - Artemis
2.7 mi · 4.4 km · South Aegean