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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–Oct · highs 12–17 °C (54–63 °F)
- J12°8°255
- F12°8°194
- M12°8°199
- A13°9°114
- M14°10°55
- J15°11°24
- J16°11°5
- A16°12°11
- S17°12°17
- O16°11°80
- N13°10°215
- D12°8°321
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
- 14 km · 9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- California Coastal Commission
- Beach group
- California beach trails › Northern California beach trails
- Nearest town
- 3.8 km W of Indianola (Humboldt County, California) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Feb–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 40.6744, -124.2913
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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