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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 12–25 °C (54–77 °F)
- J-2°-11°76
- F0°-10°77
- M5°-5°86
- A12°2°94
- M18°8°107
- J22°13°106
- J25°16°114
- A24°15°100
- S20°11°101
- O13°5°103
- N7°0°100
- D1°-8°88
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
- 3.6 km · 2.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- The Dome (mountain, 836 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Southern Green Mountains (Green Mountains › Appalachian Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 4.5 km N of Williamstown (Berkshire County, Massachusetts) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Vermont
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 42.7493, -73.1830
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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Pond Loop Trail
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Mt. Prospect Trail
5.8 mi · 9.3 km · Massachusetts
Bernard Farm Trail
5.9 mi · 9.4 km · Massachusetts
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