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Otari-Wilton's Bush circular circuit
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
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- F17°15°68
- M16°14°87
- A15°12°88
- M13°11°118
- J11°9°139
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- A10°8°127
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- O12°10°117
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- D15°13°89
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
Otari-Wilton’s Bush is the only botanic garden in New Zealand dedicated solely to native plants. This unique plant sanctuary and forest reserve consists of 100 hectares of native forest and five hectares of plant collections.
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Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 2.3 km · 1.4 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Tararua Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 1.0 km W of Wadestown (Wellington City, Wellington Region) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- OWBcc
- Operator (OSM)
- Wellington City Council
- From / to
- Otari-Wilton Bush car park → Otari-Wilton Bush car park
- Route centre
- -41.2654, 174.7564
- Route start
- -41.2668, 174.7546
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12149192
- Official info
- wellingtongardens.nz/our-gardens/otari-wiltons-b
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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