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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–May, Oct–Nov · highs 13–26 °C (55–79 °F)
- J11°0°47
- F13°1°50
- M16°3°45
- A20°6°21
- M26°11°9
- J31°16°8
- J32°19°43
- A31°18°68
- S28°15°34
- O22°9°28
- N16°4°34
- D11°0°41
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
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Designation
- <Null>
- Mountain range
- Prieta Mountains (Intermountain West › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 29 km W of Williamson (Yavapai County, Arizona) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Prescott National Forest
- Connects to
- Anderson, Cedar Mesa (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Feb–May, Oct–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Arizona
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 34.6415, -112.8554
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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