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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 12–24 °C (54–75 °F)
- J-4°-14°90
- F-2°-12°97
- M3°-7°101
- A10°0°111
- M17°6°116
- J21°12°125
- J24°15°139
- A23°14°128
- S19°10°118
- O12°4°135
- N5°-1°128
- D-1°-9°118
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
- 2.7 km · 1.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Central Sandwich Range (Sandwich Range › White Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 9.0 km E of Thornton (Grafton County, New Hampshire) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- White Mountain National Forest
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Hampshire
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 43.8669, -71.5697
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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