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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J13°8°128
- F14°8°121
- M14°9°97
- A15°10°38
- M16°11°19
- J18°12°5
- J18°13°1
- A19°13°3
- S19°13°6
- O18°12°35
- N15°10°85
- D13°8°133
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
- 4.0 km · 2.5 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- California Coastal Commission
- Beach group
- California beach trails › Central California beach trails
- Nearest town
- 1.9 km SW of Broadmoor (San Mateo County, California) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 37.6787, -122.4966
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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