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Hillary Trail Public Transport Option

On Ruaotuwhenua

Regional route19 km · 12 miGood year-round

Next nearby hike: Exhibition Drive 0.7 mi · 1.2 kmExplore Ruaotuwhenua →

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Best time to hike

Year-round

  1. J21°17°82
  2. F21°17°84
  3. M20°16°94
  4. A18°14°109
  5. M16°13°126
  6. J14°11°142
  7. J13°10°155
  8. A13°10°131
  9. S14°11°114
  10. O15°12°103
  11. N17°14°96
  12. D19°16°101

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

This regional hiking route in Auckland, New Zealand, is about 19 km (12 mi) long. It is on Ruaotuwhenua. It lies about 4.1 km south of Oratia.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Mapped length
19 km · 12 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain
Ruaotuwhenua (mountain; GeoNames)
Nearest town
4.1 km S of Oratia (Auckland) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
New Zealand
Region
Auckland
Continent
Oceania
Route type
Regional route
Route centre
-36.9163, 174.5612
Route start
-36.9529, 174.6245
OpenStreetMap
relation 402407
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 start

Exhibition Drive

0.7 mi · 1.2 km · Auckland

Old Coach Road

4.9 mi · 7.9 km · Auckland

Fairy Falls Track

4.9 mi · 7.9 km · Auckland

Karamatura Loop Walk

5.1 mi · 8.3 km · Auckland

Manukau Coastal Walkway

6.0 mi · 9.7 km · Auckland

Te Henga Walkway

12 mi · 19 km

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