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Mangorei Track to Pouākai Tarns
On Pouakai, Pouakai Range
Next nearby hike: Maude Track to Mangakotukutuku Falls 1.5 mi · 2.4 kmExplore Pouakai →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb · highs 18–18 °C (64–64 °F)
- J18°12°217
- F18°12°197
- M17°11°219
- A14°9°242
- M12°7°280
- J10°5°313
- J9°4°326
- A10°4°315
- S11°5°305
- O12°7°336
- N14°8°250
- D16°10°260
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
Mangorei Track to Pouākai Tarns is a local hiking route in Taranaki, New Zealand, about 6.2 km (3.9 mi) in length. It is on Pouakai in the Pouakai Range. Difficulty: Moderate (5/10).
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Difficulty
- Moderate (5/10) (Intermediate · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Mapped length
- 6.2 km · 3.9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Pouakai (mountain; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Pouakai Range (Western North Island; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.3 km S of Mangorei (New Plymouth District, Taranaki Region) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Feb
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Taranaki
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- -39.2195, 174.0454
- Route start
- -39.2027, 174.0571
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17204371
- Official info
- doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/ta
How it’s scored
Moderate (5/10). Official rating: Intermediate · 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 startMaude Track to Mangakotukutuku Falls
1.5 mi · 2.4 km · Taranaki
Pouākai Crossing
2.7 mi · 4.4 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Pouākai Circuit
3.8 mi · 6.1 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Dover Route
3.8 mi · 6.2 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Kōkōwai Track round trip
3.9 mi · 6.3 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Ngatoro – Waiwhakaiho Loop Track
4.7 mi · 7.5 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
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