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Kettles Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 13–24 °C (55–75 °F)
- J-3°-8°60
- F-3°-10°46
- M2°-5°50
- A9°1°77
- M15°7°79
- J21°14°80
- J24°18°77
- A24°18°91
- S20°14°109
- O13°8°94
- N6°2°81
- D0°-3°71
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
- 3.3 km · 2.1 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 23 km W of Greilickville (Leelanau County, Michigan) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Michigan
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- NPS
- Route centre
- 44.8281, -85.9160
- Route start
- 44.8216, -85.9205
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17896208
- Official info
- nps.gov/slbe/planyourvisit/kettle-trail.htm
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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