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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 11–18 °C (52–64 °F)
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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
Rainbow Trail is a trail in Appalachian National Scenic Trail, New Hampshire, United States of America, about 3.6 km (2.2 mi) in length. It is on Carter Dome in the Carter-Moriah Range. It lies about 13 km south of Gorham.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.6 km · 2.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Carter Dome (mountain, 1,472 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Carter-Moriah Range (Eastern White Mountains › White Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 13 km S of Gorham (Coos County, New Hampshire) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Connects to
- Carter-Moriah (National Scenic Trail: Appalachian), Wild River Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Hampshire
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 44.2675, -71.1791
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 centreCarter Dome Trail
0.6 mi · 1.0 km · White Mountain National Forest
Nineteen Mile Brook
1.7 mi · 2.7 km · White Mountain National Forest
Black Angel
1.8 mi · 3.0 km · White Mountain National Forest
Wildcat River Trail
2.2 mi · 3.5 km · White Mountain National Forest
Wildcat Ridge Trail
2.4 mi · 3.9 km · Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Wild River Trail
2.5 mi · 4.0 km · White Mountain National Forest
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