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Lawrence Road tramping tracks
Next nearby hike: Lotkow Road to Little's Clearing 2.9 mi · 4.7 kmExplore Black Birch Range →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–Jun · highs 10–22 °C (50–72 °F)
- J22°11°98
- F21°11°100
- M19°10°122
- A16°7°122
- M13°6°109
- J10°4°130
- J9°3°168
- A10°3°124
- S13°5°107
- O15°6°100
- N18°8°95
- D20°10°112
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
From Lawrence Road take a 2-3 hour walk through Blowhard Bush or to Lotkow Road. From their follow the Lotkow Track for another 2-3 hours to Lookout and Donald River.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 4.1 km · 2.5 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/4e895285ef0e4e3bbeb73de82e4
- Mountain range
- Black Birch Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 37 km W of Bay View (Napier City, Hawke's Bay Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Kaweka Forest Park
- Connects to
- Mackintosh carpark to Lawrence Road end via Mackintosh Hut and Donald River (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Aug–Jun
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Hawke's Bay
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -39.3592, 176.4435
How it’s scored
Hard (7/10). Official rating: Advanced · 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 centreLotkow Road to Little's Clearing
2.9 mi · 4.7 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Mackintosh carpark to Lawrence Road end via Mackintosh Hut and Donald River
3.0 mi · 4.8 km · Hawke's Bay
Mackintosh carpark to Mackintosh Hut
3.1 mi · 5.0 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Matauria Ridge Track (Makahu Saddle to Mackintosh Track Junction)
3.3 mi · 5.3 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Lakes carpark to Mackintosh carpark via Mackintosh Hut
3.7 mi · 5.9 km · Kaweka Forest Park
Lakes Carpark Loop – Rogue Ridge/Cooks Horn
5.1 mi · 8.3 km · Kaweka Forest Park
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