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Old Indian Trail

Local route6.0 km · 3.7 miBest May–Oct

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Best time to hike

Best months: May–Oct · highs 12–23 °C (54–73 °F)

  1. J-2°-7°66
  2. F-3°-8°49
  3. M1°-5°58
  4. A6°1°81
  5. M12°7°87
  6. J18°14°87
  7. J23°19°85
  8. A23°19°98
  9. S20°16°121
  10. O13°9°107
  11. N7°3°91
  12. D1°-2°80

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

Mapped length
6.0 km · 3.7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
8.6 km NE of Frankfort (Benzie County, Michigan) · GeoNames
Park or forest
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Best months
May–Oct
Country
United States of America
Region
Michigan
Continent
North America
Route type
Local route
Route centre
44.7082, -86.1918
Route start
44.7028, -86.1852
OpenStreetMap
relation 17871670
Official info
nps.gov/places/000/old-indian-trail.htm
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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