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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 10–23 °C (50–73 °F)
- J-7°-16°79
- F-4°-14°70
- M1°-9°84
- A8°-2°98
- M16°5°104
- J21°11°118
- J23°14°121
- A22°13°120
- S18°9°118
- O10°3°121
- N3°-3°117
- D-3°-12°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
- 6.7 km · 4.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- South Branch Mountain (mountain, 800 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Longfellow Mountains (Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 37 km W of Patten (Penobscot County, Maine) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Maine
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 46.0934, -68.9044
- Route start
- 46.1077, -68.9004
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 4004307
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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