Otter Creek Loop (Platte Plains) other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
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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-3°-8°56
- F-3°-9°42
- M2°-5°47
- A8°2°68
- M14°8°73
- J20°14°74
- J24°18°74
- A24°19°84
- S20°15°102
- O13°9°88
- N7°3°74
- D1°-3°67
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
- 7.3 km · 4.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 12 km N of Beulah (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
- From / to
- Guidepost 1 → Guidepost 1
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 44.7495, -86.0645
- Route start
- 44.7368, -86.0584
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17873617
- Official info
- nps.gov/places/000/platte-plains-trail-otter-cre
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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