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Wabash Trace Nature Trail

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Best time to hike

Best months: Apr–May, Sep–Nov · highs 10–25 °C (50–77 °F)

J1°-8°22
F4°-6°29
M11°0°54
A18°6°84
M23°12°142
J28°17°147
J30°20°115
A29°19°105
S25°15°85
O18°8°66
N10°1°47
D2°-6°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.

Trail facts

Length: 36 km · 22 mi (agency length field)
Source: USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Managed by: Unknown
Data from: Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Designation: National Recreation Trail
Place: Wabash Trace (grouped by trail name)
Nearest town: 12 km NW of Essex (Page County, Iowa) · GeoNames
Best months: Apr–May, Sep–Nov
Country: United States of America
Region: Iowa
Continent: North America
Route centre: 40.8835, -95.4303

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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