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Great North Walk (Pokolbin Spur)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 16–26 °C (61–79 °F)
- J29°18°70
- F28°18°110
- M26°16°77
- A23°13°70
- M19°10°55
- J16°8°60
- J16°7°44
- A18°7°42
- S21°10°47
- O24°13°62
- N26°15°75
- D28°17°78
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
About 28 km (18 mi) long, Great North Walk (Pokolbin Spur) is a local hiking route in New South Wales, Australia. It lies about 5.8 km west of Lovedale. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Mar–Nov.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 28 km · 18 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Region
- Hunter valley (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 5.8 km W of Lovedale (Cessnock, New South Wales) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- New South Wales
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- -32.8702, 151.2815
- Route start
- -32.7733, 151.3024
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 6535375
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.
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