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The Great Trail - City of Nanaimo
Next nearby hike: The Great Trail - Regional District of Nanaimo - South 6 mi · 10 kmExplore Harewood Plains →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 12–22 °C (54–72 °F)
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- F7°2°165
- M9°3°146
- A12°5°94
- M16°9°73
- J19°12°60
- J22°14°34
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- O13°8°149
- N8°4°255
- D5°1°254
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.
About this trail
This national hiking route in British Columbia, Canada, is about 13 km (8 mi) long. It lies about 2.2 km southwest of Harewood. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Apr–Oct.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 13 km · 8 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 12 km · 8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Plain
- Harewood Plains (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 2.2 km SW of Harewood (Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Trans Canada Trail (British Columbia) (national route)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- British Columbia
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- National route
- From / to
- Reservoir Park → Harbour
- Route centre
- 49.1636, -123.9550
- Route start
- 49.1333, -123.9689
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 14075972
- Official info
- nanaimo.ca/EN/main/departments/parks-recreation-
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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