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Best time to hike

Year-round

  1. J14°8°123
  2. F14°9°119
  3. M15°9°96
  4. A16°10°38
  5. M17°11°12
  6. J18°13°2
  7. J20°15°1
  8. A20°15°1
  9. S20°15°5
  10. O19°13°30
  11. N17°11°66
  12. D14°9°109

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
12 km · 8 mi (agency length field)
Source
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Managed by
State agency
Data from
California Department of Parks and Recreation
Mountain
Oats Peak (mountain, 412 m; GeoNames)
Mountain range
Southern California Coast Ranges (California Coast Ranges › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
Nearest town
6.1 km SW of Los Osos (San Luis Obispo County, California) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
United States of America
Region
California
Continent
North America
Route centre
35.2638, -120.8658
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 centre

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