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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 12–21 °C (54–70 °F)
- J2°-4°377
- F3°-4°268
- M5°-3°269
- A8°-1°201
- M12°2°167
- J17°5°138
- J21°8°53
- A21°9°53
- S18°6°119
- O12°2°262
- N4°-3°456
- D1°-5°380
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
- 4.5 km · 2.8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain
- Cougar Rock (mountain, 1,147 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- South Washington Cascades (Cascade Range › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 36 km E of Eatonville (Pierce County, Washington) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Mount Rainier National Park
- Connects to
- Wonderland Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Washington
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 46.7522, -121.8264
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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