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Kaiaraara Track to Mt Hobson (Hirakimata)
Next nearby hike: Port FitzRoy: Cooper's Castle Track 0.9 mi · 1.4 kmExplore Herekohu Range →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–Jun · highs 13–20 °C (55–68 °F)
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- F20°18°111
- M19°18°123
- A18°16°129
- M16°14°147
- J14°13°179
- J13°12°212
- A13°12°183
- S14°12°136
- O15°13°105
- N16°14°112
- D18°16°109
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
Walk to the remains of the old kauri dam, and up to the summit of Mt Hobson (Hirakimata) for a 360-degree panorama.
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
- Easy (3/10) (Easy · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 3 - 3 hr 30 min one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/c1e4a104525b4d52989b30bb6af
- Mountain range
- Herekohu Range (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 51 km N of Colville (Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Aotea Conservation Park
- Best months
- Aug–Jun
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Auckland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -36.1794, 175.3841
How it’s scored
Easy (3/10). Official rating: Easy · 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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