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The Strand (Marvin Braude Bike Trail) - Santa Monica to Venice Beach
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Jul · highs 18–27 °C (64–81 °F)
- J18°9°76
- F19°10°90
- M19°10°54
- A21°12°21
- M22°13°6
- J24°15°2
- J27°17°1
- A28°18°1
- S27°17°5
- O25°15°17
- N21°12°30
- D18°9°54
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
The Strand (Marvin Braude Bike Trail) - Santa Monica to Venice Beach is a trail in California, United States of America, about 8.9 km (5.5 mi) in length. It lies about 5.0 km southeast of Santa Monica. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Oct–Jul.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 8.9 km · 5.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Local government
- Data from
- California Coastal Commission
- Beach group
- California beach trails › Southern California beach trails
- Nearest town
- 5.0 km SE of Santa Monica (Los Angeles County, California) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Oct–Jul
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 33.9940, -118.4826
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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