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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Nov–Mar · highs 21–25 °C (70–77 °F)
- J21°11°66
- F23°12°70
- M25°14°93
- A28°16°62
- M31°20°72
- J32°23°211
- J32°23°197
- A32°24°207
- S30°23°176
- O28°19°67
- N25°16°50
- D22°12°68
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
- 2.9 km · 1.8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Local government
- Data from
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Nearest town
- 5.9 km SW of Polk City (Polk County, Florida) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- University Boulevard Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Nov–Mar
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Florida
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 28.1402, -81.8609
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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