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Otawa Reservoir Track
On Otawa
Next nearby hike: Otanewainuku Rimu Loop Walk 7 mi · 11 kmExplore Otawa →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J21°15°126
- F22°15°134
- M20°14°151
- A17°12°176
- M15°10°160
- J13°8°197
- J12°7°196
- A12°7°185
- S14°8°152
- O16°9°147
- N18°11°144
- D20°13°162
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
A well defined track leads to a small clearing beside Te Puke's original water source.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 13 km · 8 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))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 15 min one way
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/b20fab4b413d435198c6813a691
- Mountain
- Otawa (hill; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 6.2 km SW of Te Puke (Western Bay of Plenty District, Bay of Plenty) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Otawa Scenic Reserve
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Bay of Plenty
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -37.8059, 176.2688
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.
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