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Forest Road (Port FitzRoy - Whangaparapara)
Next nearby hike: Port FitzRoy: Kaiaraara Hut side tracks 0.7 mi · 1.1 kmExplore Whangaparapara →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J19°18°92
- F20°18°102
- M19°18°113
- A18°16°119
- M16°15°137
- J15°13°167
- J14°12°197
- A13°12°170
- S14°12°126
- O15°13°99
- N16°14°104
- D18°16°103
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.
About this trail
Discover a wide array of beautiful bush and mountain views.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 11 km · 7 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 5 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/7355a707ba6f409fa50685da584
- Mountain
- Whangaparapara (hill; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 48 km N of Colville (Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Aotea Conservation Park
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Auckland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -36.2061, 175.3731
How it’s scored
Hard (7/10). Official rating: Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0).
A score is omitted when we do not have an official rating or enough measured length and elevation gain to compute one. Nothing is guessed. Read the NPS method: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how-to-determine-hiking-difficulty.htm
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 centrePort FitzRoy: Kaiaraara Hut side tracks
0.7 mi · 1.1 km · Aotea Conservation Park
Aotea Track
1.7 mi · 2.8 km · Aotea Conservation Park
Kaiaraara Track to Mt Hobson (Hirakimata)
1.9 mi · 3.1 km · Aotea Conservation Park
Port FitzRoy: Warren's and Bridle Tracks
2.6 mi · 4.2 km · Aotea Conservation Park
Port FitzRoy: Cooper's Castle Track
2.7 mi · 4.3 km · Aotea Conservation Park
Peach Tree Track to Mt Hobson (Hirakimata)
2.9 mi · 4.7 km · Aotea Conservation Park
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