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Lake Ōkataina walking tracks
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J21°12°129
- F21°13°135
- M19°11°145
- A16°9°165
- M13°7°160
- J11°5°196
- J10°4°196
- A11°4°190
- S13°6°165
- O15°7°158
- N17°9°147
- D19°11°174
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 one of the numerous short walks at Lake Ōkataina Scenic Reserve or link them together for a longer walk.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 5.9 km · 3.7 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)
- Various times under 1 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/3ad54674b1dd4e83881d748404d
- Mountain range
- Paeroa Range (North Island Volcanic Plateau; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 15 km NE of Ohinemutu (Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Western Ōkataina Walkway (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Bay of Plenty
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -38.0794, 176.4260
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreWestern Ōkataina Walkway
2.5 mi · 4.0 km · Bay of Plenty
Eastern Ōkataina Walkway
3.2 mi · 5.1 km · Bay of Plenty
Hinehopu/Hongi's Track
5.2 mi · 8.3 km · Bay of Plenty
Blue Lake Track
9 mi · 15 km · Bay of Plenty
Tuhoto Ariki Trail
10 mi · 15 km · Bay of Plenty
Mt Ngongotaha Nature Loop Track
13 mi · 21 km · Mount Ngongotahā Scenic Reserve
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