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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–Jun · highs 14–20 °C (57–68 °F)
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- F20°19°114
- M20°18°126
- A18°17°132
- M16°15°148
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- S14°13°135
- O15°13°103
- N16°15°111
- D18°17°110
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
The Harataonga Coastal Walkway is a popular walk on the eastern coast. It has magnificent coastline views.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 9.0 km · 5.6 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)
- 4 - 5 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/57ec73b2c91f4b41a0037593212
- Mountain range
- Herekohu Range (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 53 km N of Colville (Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Harataonga Recreation Reserve
- Best months
- Aug–Jun
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Auckland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -36.1551, 175.4545
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.
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