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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–May · highs 13–23 °C (55–73 °F)
- J13°2°90
- F14°3°87
- M16°4°76
- A19°5°30
- M23°8°12
- J28°11°2
- J31°14°1
- A31°14°1
- S28°12°6
- O23°9°23
- N17°5°45
- D13°2°72
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
- 2.9 km · 1.8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain
- South Chalone Peak (mountain, 989 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Gabilan Range (Southern California Coast Ranges › California Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 13 km E of Soledad (Monterey County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Pinnacles National Park
- Connects to
- North Chalone Peak Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Oct–May
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 36.4349, -121.1796
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 centreNorth Chalone Peak Trail
1.3 mi · 2.1 km · Pinnacles National Park
South Wilderness Trail
1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Pinnacles National Park
High Peaks Trail
3.4 mi · 5.5 km · Pinnacles National Park
Condor Gulch Trail
3.5 mi · 5.7 km · Pinnacles National Park
Bench Trail
3.8 mi · 6.1 km · Pinnacles National Park
Blue Oak Trail
3.9 mi · 6.2 km · Pinnacles National Park
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