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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 15–26 °C (59–79 °F)
- J-3°-11°27
- F1°-8°29
- M8°-2°46
- A15°5°97
- M21°11°105
- J26°17°118
- J28°19°105
- A27°18°113
- S23°14°78
- O16°7°61
- N7°0°58
- D-1°-8°37
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
- 3.4 km · 2.1 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Nearest town
- 4.9 km NW of Prairie du Chien (Crawford County, Wisconsin) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Effigy Mounds National Monument
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Iowa
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 43.0753, -91.1846
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.