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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Oct · highs 12–23 °C (54–73 °F)
- J-6°-11°38
- F-6°-11°28
- M-1°-6°45
- A3°-1°72
- M9°4°81
- J16°11°96
- J22°18°91
- A23°19°84
- S19°15°93
- O12°8°87
- N5°1°63
- D-1°-6°47
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
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Nearest town
- 32 km N of Washburn (Bayfield County, Wisconsin) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
- Connects to
- Loop Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jun–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Wisconsin
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 46.9498, -90.7606
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreOverlook Trail
1.2 mi · 1.9 km · Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Loop Trail
1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Otter Trail
3.9 mi · 6.3 km · Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Campsite HIking Trail
5.2 mi · 8.3 km · Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Basswood Island Trail
7 mi · 12 km · Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Quarry Bay Trail
8 mi · 13 km · Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
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