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Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park Trail

In Gold Head Branch

Trail13 km · 8 miBest Oct–Apr

Next nearby hike: Camp Blanding Roadwalk 4.5 mi · 7.3 kmExplore Gold Head Branch →

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Best time to hike

Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 19–26 °C (66–79 °F)

  1. J19°8°79
  2. F20°10°87
  3. M23°12°112
  4. A26°15°70
  5. M30°18°80
  6. J31°22°183
  7. J32°23°186
  8. A31°23°188
  9. S30°22°169
  10. O26°18°90
  11. N23°14°57
  12. D20°10°66

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

Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park Trail is a trail in Florida, United States of America, about 13 km (8 mi) in length. It lies about 11 km northeast of Keystone Heights. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Oct–Apr.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Length
13 km · 8 mi (agency length field)
Source
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Managed by
State agency
Data from
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Stream
Gold Head Branch (GeoNames)
Nearest town
11 km NE of Keystone Heights (Clay County, Florida) · GeoNames
Best months
Oct–Apr
Country
United States of America
Region
Florida
Continent
North America
Route centre
29.8381, -81.9453
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.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail centre

Camp Blanding Roadwalk

4.5 mi · 7.3 km · Florida

Keystone Airpark Roadwalk

5.6 mi · 9.0 km · Florida

Plum Creek By Etoniah Creek

9 mi · 14 km · Florida

Carraway Roadwalk

11 mi · 18 km · Florida

Plum Creek Timberland Trail To Etoniah Creek Trail Connector

12 mi · 20 km · Florida

Florida National Scenic Trail

19 mi · 30 km · Florida

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