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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
Malibu Springs South Trail is a trail in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California, United States of America, about 3.8 km (2.4 mi) in length. It is in the Santa Monica Mountains. It lies about 13 km southwest of Westlake Village.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.8 km · 2.4 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain range
- Santa Monica Mountains (Transverse Ranges › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 13 km SW of Westlake Village (Los Angeles County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 34.0748, -118.9125
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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