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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
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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 Mangahao Makahika Track connects Burtton's Track, which lies between Palmerston North and Shannon, with the Arapaepae Lookout Trail near Levin.
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Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 21 km · 13 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Tararua Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.7 km SE of Levin (Horowhenua District, Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- MMT
- Operator (OSM)
- www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/wellington-kapiti/places/tararua-forest-park/things-to-do/tracks/mangahao-makahika-track/
- From / to
- Tokomaru reservoir no 3 → Levin outskirts
- Route centre
- -40.6189, 175.4169
- Route start
- -40.6586, 175.3470
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9338495
How it’s scored
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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