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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb–May, Oct–Nov · highs 14–27 °C (57–81 °F)
- J12°-1°50
- F14°0°48
- M17°2°46
- A21°6°23
- M27°11°12
- J32°16°8
- J33°19°55
- A32°18°75
- S29°15°46
- O23°9°34
- N17°3°35
- D12°-1°49
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
- 13 km · 8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Designation
- <Null>
- Mountain
- Needle Rock (mountain, 1,330 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Mogollon Rim (Colorado Plateau › Intermountain West; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 19 km W of Strawberry (Gila County, Arizona) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Coconino National Forest
- Connects to
- Bull Run Connector (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Feb–May, Oct–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Arizona
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 34.4122, -111.7189
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreHackberry
2.2 mi · 3.5 km · Coconino National Forest
Bull Run Connector
2.6 mi · 4.1 km · Coconino National Forest
Buckskin
3.6 mi · 5.8 km · Coconino National Forest
Lower Cedar Bench
4.3 mi · 6.9 km · Prescott National Forest
Cold Water Springs
4.7 mi · 7.5 km · Prescott National Forest
Dripping Spring
5.2 mi · 8.4 km · Prescott National Forest
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