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HRT Hauraki Rail Trail (Hiking)
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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 92 km (57 mi) long, HRT Hauraki Rail Trail (Hiking) is a national hiking route in Waikato, New Zealand. It is in the Coromandel Range. It is at Thames.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 92 km · 57 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Coromandel Range (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- At Thames (Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Waikato
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- HRT
- From / to
- Thames → Matamata
- Route centre
- -37.4764, 175.6864
- Route start
- -37.1399, 175.5427
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12922760
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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