Route 9: The lake tour other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–Jun · highs 14–27 °C (57–81 °F)
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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.
About this trail
Route 9: The lake tour is a local hiking route in Crete, Greece, about 7.8 km (4.8 mi) in length. It is in the White Mountains. It lies about 3.2 km southeast of Georgioupolis.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 7.8 km · 4.8 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 8.2 km · 5.1 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- White Mountains (Eastern Mediterranean Islands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 3.2 km SE of Georgioupolis (Nomós Chaniás, Crete) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Sep–Jun
- Country
- Greece
- Region
- Crete
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- Apo 09
- Operator (OSM)
- Municipality of Apokoronas
- From / to
- Lake Kournas (Μouri / Kavallos) → Lake Kournas (Μouri / Kavallos)
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 35.3290, 24.2692
- Route start
- 35.3370, 24.2760
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17267040
- Official info
- samonas.gr/blog/paths-of-apokoronas-route-9/
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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2.6 mi · 4.1 km · Crete
Route 11: On the hills
3.8 mi · 6.2 km · Crete
Route 8: Contrasting landscapes
3.8 mi · 6.2 km · Crete
Route 5: All of Apokoronas in one journey
4.9 mi · 7.9 km · Crete
Route 12: The shepherds’ path
5.0 mi · 8.1 km · Crete
Route 7: The enchanted forest
5.2 mi · 8.3 km · Crete