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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–Jun · highs 15–27 °C (59–81 °F)
- J15°4°110
- F15°4°114
- M17°5°80
- A20°7°31
- M23°10°10
- J26°13°2
- J29°16°1
- A29°16°2
- S27°14°4
- O23°11°23
- N18°7°42
- D15°4°72
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
- 13 km · 8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Ortega Hill (mountain, 1,613 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Transverse Ranges (Pacific Coast Ranges › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 11 km NW of Meiners Oaks (Ventura County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Los Padres National Forest
- Best months
- Sep–Jun
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 34.5231, -119.3553
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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