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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 13–15 °C (55–59 °F)
- J12°9°269
- F12°8°229
- M12°9°296
- A12°9°234
- M13°10°172
- J14°11°124
- J15°12°175
- A15°12°168
- S15°12°162
- O15°12°213
- N14°11°268
- D13°10°270
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
- 13 km · 8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Designation
- National Recreation Trail
- Nearest town
- 15 km S of Wailua (Maui County, Hawaii) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Haleakala National Park
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Hawaii
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 20.7103, -156.2022
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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