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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J21°15°105
- F22°16°107
- M20°15°116
- A18°13°128
- M16°11°149
- J14°9°189
- J13°8°194
- A13°8°174
- S14°9°156
- O15°11°128
- N17°12°118
- D19°14°118
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
Kaitaia Walkway is closed.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 5.7 km · 3.5 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Very hard (9/10) (Expert · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 1 hr 30 min
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/60d58a989ef04a3e863e8c99d44
- Nearest town
- 6.8 km S of Kaitaia (Far North District, Northland) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Herekino Forest (Pt Northland Conservation Park)
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Northland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -35.1755, 173.2688
How it’s scored
Very hard (9/10). Official rating: Expert · 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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