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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 11–20 °C (52–68 °F)
- J6°3°242
- F7°3°161
- M9°4°146
- A11°5°97
- M14°8°62
- J17°10°44
- J20°12°28
- A20°13°33
- S18°11°46
- O13°8°157
- N8°4°271
- D6°2°241
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
- 4.3 km · 2.7 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain range
- Northwest Olympics (Olympic Mountains › Pacific Coast Ranges; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 15 km SW of Port Angeles (Clallam County, Washington) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Olympic National Park
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Washington
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 48.0285, -123.6003
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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