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PR04SJO Pico do Pedro – Pico da Esperança – Fajã do Ouvidor
Next nearby hike: GR02SJO Grande Rota de São Jorge (Etapa 2) 2.0 mi · 3.3 kmExplore Pico da Esperança →
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
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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
PR04SJO Pico do Pedro – Pico da Esperança – Fajã do Ouvidor is a local hiking route in Azores, Portugal, about 17 km (11 mi) in length. It is on Pico da Esperança. It lies about 2.5 km northeast of Urzelina.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 17 km · 11 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 17 km · 10 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Pico da Esperança (mountain, 1,054 m; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 2.5 km NE of Urzelina (Velas, Azores) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Azores
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- PR04SJO
- Route centre
- 38.6593, -28.0839
- Route start
- 38.6678, -28.1149
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 5642825
- Official info
- trails.visitazores.com/en/trails-azores/sao-jorg
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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