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PRC40SMI Quatro Caminhos do Faial da Terra

Local route7.5 km · 4.7 miGood year-round

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7-day forecast

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Best time to hike

Year-round

  1. J16°13°104
  2. F16°12°101
  3. M16°13°116
  4. A17°13°94
  5. M18°14°87
  6. J21°17°50
  7. J23°19°41
  8. A24°20°60
  9. S23°19°101
  10. O21°17°118
  11. N18°15°135
  12. D17°14°162

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 7.5 km (4.7 mi) long, PRC40SMI Quatro Caminhos do Faial da Terra is a local hiking route in Azores, Portugal. It lies about 4.5 km east of Povoação. By long-term climate averages it can be hiked year-round.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Length (signed)
7.5 km · 4.7 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
7.3 km · 4.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
4.5 km E of Povoação (Azores) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
Portugal
Region
Azores
Continent
Europe
Route type
Local route
Ref
PRC40SMI
Shape
Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
Route centre
37.7446, -25.2093
Route start
37.7452, -25.1988
OpenStreetMap
relation 16118941
Official info
trails.visitazores.com/en/trails-azores/sao-migu
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 start

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