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North Western State Trail
Next nearby hike: Mackinaw State Forest 9 mi · 14 kmExplore Michigan →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 13–24 °C (55–75 °F)
- J-5°-11°43
- F-4°-12°35
- M1°-7°43
- A9°0°64
- M16°7°73
- J22°14°74
- J24°18°64
- A24°17°82
- S20°14°90
- O13°7°91
- N6°1°65
- D0°-5°54
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
- 24 km · 15 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Unknown
- Data from
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Designation
- National Recreation Trail
- Nearest town
- At Pellston (Emmet County, Michigan) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Michigan
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 45.5925, -84.7849
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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