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Temescal Ridge Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Jun · highs 16–25 °C (61–77 °F)
- J16°6°98
- F16°6°114
- M18°7°66
- A20°9°30
- M23°12°9
- J25°15°2
- J28°17°1
- A29°18°1
- S27°16°6
- O24°13°22
- N20°9°41
- D16°6°67
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
- 8.8 km · 5.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Nearest town
- 4.9 km E of Topanga (Los Angeles County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
- Best months
- Oct–Jun
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 34.0829, -118.5460
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.