Turkey Foot Trail
- 0.3 mi
- round trip
- 30 ft
- climb
- Mixed
- surface
- Out and back
- route
- Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov
- best months
Turkey Foot Trail is a short, easy mountain biking route in the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge At Tinicum in Pennsylvania, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The trail is about 0.3 miles from the refuge's center, and the whole trip is an out-and-back of roughly 0.6 miles with almost no elevation change. The route starts and ends at about 17 feet, with a high point of 17 feet and a total gain and loss of about 30 feet each. Late spring and early fall are the most comfortable times to ride. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 74°F and September highs around 79°F, while July peaks near 88°F and January highs sit around 41°F. The Tinicum Trail and Wetland Loop Trail both lie about 0.3 miles away, and the Eastwick Trail is about 1.1 miles off. Paddlers can reach the Little Tinicum Island Circumnavigation, about 2.2 miles away.
Best time to go · Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov
Best time to visit Turkey Foot Trail
Best months: April–June and September–November. 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
41° / 26°
11 wet · 4 snow
Feb
44° / 28°
10 wet · 4 snow
Mar
53° / 34°
11 wet · 2 snow
Apr
65° / 44°
11 wet
May
74° / 54°
11 wet
Jun
83° / 64°
10 wet
Jul
88° / 70°
10 wet
Aug
86° / 68°
9 wet
Sep
79° / 61°
9 wet
Oct
67° / 49°
9 wet
Nov
56° / 39°
9 wet
Dec
46° / 31°
11 wet · 2 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Philadelphia Intl Ap, PA, 2 mi away at 10 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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