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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–Jun · highs 11–21 °C (52–70 °F)
- J21°12°99
- F21°13°93
- M19°11°103
- A16°9°106
- M13°7°118
- J11°5°145
- J10°4°146
- A11°4°141
- S13°6°129
- O14°7°126
- N17°9°111
- D19°11°134
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
The K2K and Orakau tracks both take you into the picturesque Kawakawa Bay; walk or ride the trails separately, or link them together for a longer day out.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 12 km · 8 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)
- 2 hr | 3 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/abbd8ea131cc4c9085dc9534928
- Nearest town
- 15 km W of Acacia Bay (Taupo District, Waikato Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Kawakawa Bay Scenic Reserve
- Best months
- Aug–Jun
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Waikato
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -38.6660, 175.8700
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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