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Top of Dune Hiking Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–May, Oct–Nov · highs 11–25 °C (52–77 °F)
- J5°-3°25
- F9°-2°19
- M15°2°24
- A19°6°20
- M25°11°25
- J30°15°15
- J36°20°6
- A35°19°4
- S28°14°10
- O21°8°17
- N11°2°27
- D5°-3°30
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
Top of Dune Hiking Trail is a trail in Idaho, United States of America, about 7.6 km (4.7 mi) in length. It lies about 26 km south of Mountain Home. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Mar–May, Oct–Nov.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 7.6 km · 4.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation
- Nearest town
- 26 km S of Mountain Home (Elmore County, Idaho) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–May, Oct–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 42.8968, -115.7019
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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