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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct · highs 15–26 °C (59–79 °F)
- J-3°-11°29
- F0°-9°36
- M8°-3°53
- A15°4°102
- M21°10°120
- J25°16°138
- J27°18°125
- A26°17°125
- S22°13°90
- O15°6°72
- N7°-1°63
- D-1°-9°43
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
- 5.2 km · 3.2 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Nearest town
- 8.6 km S of Strawberry Point (Clayton County, Iowa) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Iowa
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 42.6052, -91.5415
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.