Camp Pinehurst
Campground
Campground · 2.0 mi from the trail
Massachusetts · Bouldering · Gloucester · Near Newburyport
Special Forces
- V5-
- grade
- Bouldering Pads
- style
- Apr–Oct
- best months
One of the hardest problems catalogued at John's Boulder, sitting at the top of the grade span for this Massachusetts crag.
Around this trail
Add any of these when you start a tripSleep close Eat after 
If it rainsJohn Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsEssex Shipbuilding Museum
Museum
On your way back · 4 miMaritime museum in Essex, Massachusetts
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Best time to visit Special Forces
Best months: April–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
37° / 18°
11 wet · 4 snow
Feb
39° / 18°
10 wet · 5 snow
Mar
45° / 25°
11 wet · 3 snow
Apr
57° / 33°
11 wet
May
66° / 44°
12 wet
Jun
75° / 54°
11 wet
Jul
80° / 60°
10 wet
Aug
79° / 58°
9 wet
Sep
72° / 51°
9 wet
Oct
61° / 40°
11 wet
Nov
51° / 31°
11 wet · 1 snow
Dec
42° / 24°
11 wet · 2 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Beverly, MA, 7 mi away at 65 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
