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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Oct–Nov · highs 14–25 °C (57–77 °F)
- J6°-2°88
- F9°0°88
- M15°4°110
- A20°10°106
- M25°15°129
- J30°20°100
- J32°22°101
- A31°21°73
- S27°18°78
- O21°11°79
- N14°6°98
- D7°0°100
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
- 257 km · 160 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearby park
- Shawnee National Forest (1.56 km from the boundary)
- Best months
- Mar–May, Oct–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Illinois
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- R2R
- Route centre
- 37.5418, -88.9048
- Route start
- 37.4444, -88.3061
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 4645742
- Official info
- rivertorivertrail.net/
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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9 mi · 14 km · Shawnee National Forest
Collier Cemetery
9 mi · 14 km · Shawnee National Forest
Hogg Cemetery Trail
10 mi · 15 km · Shawnee National Forest
Harts Hollow
10 mi · 16 km · Shawnee National Forest
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