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Best time to hike

Year-round

  1. J17°8°105
  2. F17°8°117
  3. M18°9°73
  4. A20°10°31
  5. M21°12°9
  6. J24°15°2
  7. J26°17°1
  8. A27°18°1
  9. S26°17°6
  10. O23°14°20
  11. N20°11°50
  12. D17°8°69

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
3.9 km · 2.4 mi (agency length field)
Source
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Managed by
National Park Service
Data from
National Park Service
Nearby park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (1.11 km from the boundary)
Nearest town
9.5 km SE of Camarillo (Ventura County, California) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
United States of America
Region
California
Continent
North America
Route centre
34.1692, -118.9460
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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