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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Jun · highs 12–27 °C (54–81 °F)
- J13°2°112
- F13°2°125
- M15°3°85
- A18°5°48
- M22°9°14
- J27°12°4
- J30°16°3
- A30°16°4
- S27°14°11
- O22°9°28
- N16°5°58
- D12°2°88
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
- 4.3 km · 2.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- San Gabriel Mountains (Transverse Ranges › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 17 km SE of Acton (Los Angeles County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Angeles National Forest
- Best months
- Oct–Jun
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 34.3452, -118.0922
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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