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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–May, Sep–Oct · highs 17–25 °C (63–77 °F)
- J-1°-10°16
- F3°-8°17
- M9°-2°45
- A17°5°71
- M22°11°93
- J27°17°105
- J30°20°84
- A29°19°75
- S25°14°73
- O17°7°54
- N8°-1°31
- 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
- Mapped length
- 8.8 km · 5.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 3.9 km W of North Sioux City (Union County, South Dakota) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Cottonwood Crossing (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Apr–May, Sep–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- South Dakota
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 42.5284, -96.5367
- Route start
- 42.5388, -96.5281
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7362572
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.