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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 14–20 °C (57–68 °F)
- J-6°-16°104
- F-4°-15°114
- M0°-10°117
- A7°-4°136
- M14°3°141
- J18°8°154
- J20°11°157
- A19°10°160
- S15°6°136
- O9°0°168
- N3°-5°162
- D-3°-13°142
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
- 2.8 km · 1.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Presidential Range (White Mountains › Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 11 km W of Jackson (Carroll County, New Hampshire) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- White Mountain National Forest
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New Hampshire
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 44.1527, -71.3107
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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