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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jan–Oct · highs 11–16 °C (52–61 °F)
- J12°1°164
- F11°1°143
- M12°1°192
- A12°2°169
- M14°3°112
- J15°3°115
- J16°4°182
- A16°5°176
- S16°4°148
- O15°4°147
- N13°3°224
- D12°2°212
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
- 11 km · 7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain
- Pu‘u‘ula‘ula (mountain, 3,072 m; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 26 km W of Volcano (Hawaii County, Hawaii) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
- Best months
- Jan–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Hawaii
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 19.5286, -155.4626
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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