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Mananui Tramline (Māhinapua Walkway)
In Kaka Terrace
Next nearby hike: Ross Water Race Walkway 10 mi · 17 kmExplore Kaka Terrace →
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NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0) · OpenStreetMap · Official page · Basemap: OpenFreeMap (OpenMapTiles, © OSM contributors).
7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J18°14°284
- F19°14°223
- M17°12°257
- A15°10°250
- M13°8°253
- J11°6°278
- J10°5°222
- A11°6°236
- S12°7°293
- O14°8°313
- N15°10°278
- D17°12°352
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
This flat, easy walk or mountain bike ride, suitable for children, follows an old logging tramline and passes beautiful Lake Māhinapua.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 4.4 km · 2.7 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)
- 2 hr - 2 hr 30 min
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/b4ca25b986274e3496037397fed
- Plain
- Kaka Terrace (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 7.5 km SW of Hokitika (Westland District, West Coast) · GeoNames
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- West Coast
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -42.7758, 170.9230
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 centreRoss Water Race Walkway
10 mi · 17 km · West Coast
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Lake Kaniere Walkway
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Goldsborough short walks
12 mi · 20 km · West Coast
Goldsborough (Shamrock) Track
13 mi · 21 km · Shamrock Creek Amenity Area
Mount Tuhua Track
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