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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 13–25 °C (55–77 °F)
- J-4°-11°58
- F-3°-12°45
- M2°-7°49
- A10°1°71
- M17°8°80
- J22°14°89
- J25°17°74
- A24°17°98
- S20°13°102
- O13°7°105
- N6°1°77
- D0°-6°68
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
- 21 km · 13 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- North Country Trail Association
- Designation
- North Country
- Place
- Mackinaw State Forest (grouped by trail name)
- Nearest town
- 15 km SE of Petoskey (Emmet County, Michigan) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Michigan
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 45.2634, -84.8111
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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