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Prarie Loop Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · highs 16–27 °C (61–81 °F)
- J-1°-10°16
- F3°-8°18
- M9°-2°50
- A16°4°81
- M22°11°100
- J27°16°113
- J29°19°88
- A28°18°76
- S24°14°78
- O17°7°59
- N8°-1°37
- D0°-8°22
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
- 2.5 km · 1.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Nearest town
- 5.1 km N of Ponca (Dixon County, Nebraska) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Missouri National Recreational River
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Nebraska
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 42.6083, -96.7177
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.