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Porcupine Mountains State Park - Little Carp River Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 11–22 °C (52–72 °F)
- J-6°-12°83
- F-5°-11°53
- M0°-7°63
- A6°-1°78
- M12°5°99
- J17°11°110
- J21°16°107
- A22°17°101
- S18°13°128
- O11°6°135
- N4°0°100
- D-2°-7°104
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.
About this trail
About 3.8 km (2.4 mi) long, Porcupine Mountains State Park - Little Carp River Trail is a trail in Michigan, United States of America. It lies about 31 km north of Wakefield. By long-term climate averages, the best months are May–Oct.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.8 km · 2.4 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Unknown
- Data from
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Stream
- Little Carp River (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 31 km N of Wakefield (Gogebic County, Michigan) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Michigan
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 46.7458, -89.7893
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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