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King Canyon / Gould Mine Loop
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Mar · highs 17–23 °C (63–73 °F)
- J18°4°27
- F19°5°28
- M23°8°25
- A27°11°10
- M32°16°5
- J37°21°6
- J37°24°57
- A35°24°64
- S34°21°34
- O28°14°22
- N22°8°19
- D17°4°34
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
- 12 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Tucson Mountains (Intermountain West › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 9.8 km NW of Tucson Estates (Pima County, Arizona) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Saguaro National Park
- Best months
- Nov–Mar
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Arizona
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- From / to
- King Canyon Trailhead
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 32.2604, -111.1575
- Route start
- 32.2472, -111.1671
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18557079
- Official info
- nps.gov/sagu/index.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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