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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Sep–Nov · highs 12–26 °C (54–79 °F)
- J4°-5°52
- F8°-3°64
- M13°2°81
- A19°8°130
- M24°13°136
- J28°18°132
- J31°21°138
- A31°20°102
- S26°16°117
- O19°10°96
- N12°4°86
- D6°-3°71
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
- 7.2 km · 4.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 12 km NE of Ashland (Boone County, Missouri) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Mark Twain National Forest
- Part of
- Cedar Creek Trail (regional route)
- Best months
- Mar–May, Sep–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Missouri
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- US Department of Agriculture
- Route centre
- 38.8466, -92.1683
- Route start
- 38.8538, -92.1677
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7182895
- Official info
- fs.usda.gov/recarea/mtnf/recreation/recarea/?rec
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.