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King Range National Recreation Trail
In the Northern California Coast Ranges
Next nearby hike: Buck Creek Trail 1.7 mi · 2.8 kmExplore Northern California Coast Ranges →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 12–23 °C (54–73 °F)
- J9°3°497
- F9°3°387
- M10°4°338
- A12°5°181
- M16°8°91
- J19°11°32
- J23°13°4
- A23°13°13
- S21°11°28
- O17°8°152
- N11°5°410
- D9°3°557
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
- 18 km · 11 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Northern California Coast Ranges (California Coast Ranges › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 11 km N of Shelter Cove (Humboldt County, California) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Bureau of Land Management
- Route centre
- 40.1560, -124.1346
- Route start
- 40.1324, -124.0905
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 15748188
- Official info
- nrtapplication.org/trails/king-range-trail
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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