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Monterey Peninsula Recreational Trail

On the Central California beach trails

Trail17 km · 10 miGood year-round

Next nearby hike: Carmel River State Beach 12 mi · 19 kmExplore Central California beach trails →

California, United States of AmericaCaliforniaFort Ord Beach Access · CaliforniaMonterey Coastal Bike Path - in Monterey · CaliforniaPacific Grove Recreational Trail · CaliforniaSand City to Monterey Beach Route · CaliforniaSpanish Bay to Bird Rock Point · CaliforniaEndStart5 kmN ↑

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Best time to hike

Year-round

  1. J15°8°91
  2. F15°8°83
  3. M15°9°74
  4. A16°9°36
  5. M17°10°11
  6. J18°11°4
  7. J19°12°1
  8. A20°13°2
  9. S20°13°5
  10. O19°12°22
  11. N17°10°56
  12. D14°8°74

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

Monterey Peninsula Recreational Trail is a trail in California, United States of America, about 17 km (10 mi) in length. It is at Marina. By long-term climate averages it can be hiked year-round.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Length
17 km · 10 mi (agency length field)
Source
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Managed by
County
Data from
California Coastal Commission
Beach group
California beach trails › Central California beach trails
Nearest town
At Marina (Monterey County, California) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
United States of America
Region
California
Continent
North America
Route centre
36.6736, -121.8148
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.

More trails on the Central California beach trails

All 74 →

Fort Ord Beach Access

2.0 km · 1.4 mi · 2.2 km away

Sand City to Monterey Beach Route

5.5 km · 5.4 mi · 8.7 km away

Monterey Coastal Bike Path - in Monterey

2.0 km · 6 mi · 10 km away

Pacific Grove Recreational Trail

3.1 km · 7 mi · 11 km away

Spanish Bay to Bird Rock Point

6.0 km · 9 mi · 15 km away

Carmel Beach

4.2 km · 11 mi · 17 km away

Nearest trails

distance from the trail centre

Carmel River State Beach

12 mi · 19 km · California

Point Lobos State Park

13 mi · 20 km · California

Peak Trl

15 mi · 24 km · California

Rocky Ridge Trl

15 mi · 24 km · California

Soberanes Canyon Trl

16 mi · 25 km · California

Manresa State Beach Route

17 mi · 27 km · California

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