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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–May, Sep–Oct · highs 16–26 °C (61–79 °F)
- J0°-10°9
- F3°-8°12
- M8°-4°26
- A16°4°42
- M22°11°74
- J27°16°78
- J32°20°60
- A31°19°44
- S26°14°40
- O17°6°35
- N7°-2°14
- D0°-9°10
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
- 2.2 km · 1.4 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks
- Designation
- National Recreation Trail
- Valley
- Hilgers Gulch (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 2.3 km SE of Pierre (Hughes County, South Dakota) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–May, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- South Dakota
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 44.3488, -100.3357
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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