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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 13–27 °C (55–81 °F)
- J-3°-11°51
- F-1°-10°48
- M4°-6°59
- A10°-3°60
- M16°2°80
- J22°7°51
- J27°12°34
- A26°11°34
- S21°6°42
- O13°0°48
- N3°-6°56
- D-3°-12°64
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
- 2.4 km · 1.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Rock Knoll (mountain, 2,205 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Bannock Range (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 12 km S of Pocatello (Bannock County, Idaho) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Caribou-Targhee National Forest
- Connects to
- Elk Meadows Loop (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 42.7673, -112.4867
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 centrePole Canyon
0.6 mi · 0.9 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Midnight Creek
1.2 mi · 1.9 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Elk Meadows Loop
1.3 mi · 2.0 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
North Fork Gibson Jack--John
1.4 mi · 2.3 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
West Fork Gibson Jack
1.5 mi · 2.5 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Pole Springs
1.6 mi · 2.6 km · Caribou-Targhee National Forest
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