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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–May, Sep–Oct · highs 17–24 °C (63–75 °F)
- J0°-9°25
- F3°-7°32
- M10°-1°54
- A17°6°96
- M22°12°128
- J27°17°129
- J29°20°120
- A28°19°106
- S24°14°86
- O17°8°67
- N9°1°54
- D1°-7°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
- 6.6 km · 4.1 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 5.4 km SW of Pleasant Hill (Polk County, Iowa) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–May, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Iowa
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Route centre
- 41.5421, -93.5669
- Route start
- 41.5468, -93.5619
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17325990
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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