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Coastal Walkway
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jan–Apr · highs 17–20 °C (63–68 °F)
- J19°16°176
- F20°16°160
- M19°15°182
- A17°14°199
- M15°12°235
- J13°10°263
- J13°9°267
- A13°10°253
- S14°10°245
- O15°11°270
- N16°13°203
- D18°15°215
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 (signed)
- 13 km · 8 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 11 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 1.6 km NE of Moturoa (New Plymouth District, Taranaki Region) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jan–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Taranaki
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- Operator (OSM)
- New Plymouth District Council
- From / to
- Port Taranaki → Bell Block Beach
- Route centre
- -39.0383, 174.1014
- Route start
- -39.0583, 174.0521
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19962690
- Wikidata
- Q7010997
- Official info
- npdc.govt.nz/leisure-and-culture/coastal-walkway
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
distance from the trail startDavies Track
8 mi · 13 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Waimoku Track
8 mi · 13 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Maude Track to Mangakotukutuku Falls
11 mi · 18 km · Taranaki
Mangorei Track to Pouākai Tarns
11 mi · 18 km · Taranaki
Pouākai Crossing
13 mi · 20 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Dover Route
13 mi · 20 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
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