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North Mountain Lookout
On North Mountain, Sierra Nevada
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Jun, Aug–Oct · highs 17–27 °C (63–81 °F)
- J7°-4°238
- F7°-3°212
- M9°-2°202
- A12°0°110
- M17°4°60
- J23°8°20
- J27°12°7
- A27°12°4
- S23°9°22
- O18°4°86
- N11°-1°158
- D7°-4°229
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
- 4.2 km · 2.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- North Mountain (mountain, 1,747 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Sierra Nevada (Pacific Coast Ranges › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 27 km NE of Greeley Hill (Mariposa County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Stanislaus National Forest
- Connects to
- Yosemite Border (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Jun, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.9028, -119.8984
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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