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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J22°15°107
- F22°15°101
- M20°14°115
- A18°12°113
- M16°10°134
- J14°8°158
- J13°7°179
- A13°7°160
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- O16°9°108
- N18°11°104
- D20°13°107
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
Horokaka Track is a challenging track that includes strenuous climbing. The track leads up to an old logging road and then follows the ridge to the Horokaka Transmitter.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.7 km · 2.3 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)
- 3 hr 45 min one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/cc1dea112193447fbb4d3b0dcd5
- Mountain range
- Tangihua Range (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 10 km SE of Tangiteroria (Kaipara District, Northland) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Tangihua Forest (Pt Northland Conservation Park)
- Connects to
- Main Ridge Track (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Northland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -35.8777, 174.1371
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 centreTe Haua Uru Track
0.7 mi · 1.1 km · Tangihua Forest (Pt Northland Conservation Park)
Main Ridge Track
0.8 mi · 1.3 km · Tangihua Forest (Pt Northland Conservation Park)
Northern Tangihua Track
2.3 mi · 3.6 km · Tangihua Forest (Pt Northland Conservation Park)
Otaika Valley Walkway
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Taraire Ridge Track
13 mi · 21 km · Northland
Pukenui Forest Loop
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