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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 13–25 °C (55–77 °F)
- J2°-8°9
- F3°-8°15
- M7°-5°28
- A11°-1°52
- M16°5°101
- J21°10°78
- J25°14°73
- A25°13°56
- S20°8°40
- O13°2°38
- N5°-4°16
- D1°-8°11
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
- 2.6 km · 1.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain
- Elkhorn Mountain (mountain, 1,946 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Southern Black Hills (Black Hills; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.2 km SE of Hill City (Pennington County, South Dakota) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Black Hills National Forest
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- South Dakota
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 43.8934, -103.5141
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
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0.6 mi · 1.0 km · Black Hills National Forest
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1.7 mi · 2.7 km · Black Hills National Forest
Harney # 9 South
2.1 mi · 3.3 km · Black Hills National Forest
Horsethief #14
2.3 mi · 3.8 km · Black Hills National Forest
Grizzly #7
2.5 mi · 4.0 km · Black Hills National Forest
Centennial On Hell
2.8 mi · 4.6 km · Black Hills National Forest
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