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Pouākai Circuit
On Pouakai, Pouakai Range
Next nearby hike: Veronica Loop Track 0.3 mi · 0.5 kmExplore Pouakai →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb · highs 17–17 °C (63–63 °F)
- J17°10°221
- F17°10°199
- M15°8°222
- A12°6°244
- M10°4°282
- J8°2°316
- J7°1°331
- A7°1°322
- S9°3°313
- O10°4°346
- N13°6°258
- D15°8°264
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.
Trail facts
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Length (signed)
- 25 km · 16 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 26 km · 16 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Pouakai (mountain; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Pouakai Range (Western North Island; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 13 km S of Mangorei (New Plymouth District, Taranaki Region) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
- Best months
- Feb
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Taranaki
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- -39.2579, 174.0564
- Route start
- -39.2702, 174.0959
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 14500673
- Wikidata
- Q124827705
- Official info
- doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/ta
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.
More trails on Pouakai
All 3 →Nearest trails
distance from the trail startVeronica Loop Track
0.3 mi · 0.5 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Maketawa Hut Circuit
0.4 mi · 0.7 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Kokowai Track Round Trip
0.8 mi · 1.3 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Tahurangi Translator Tower Round Trip
0.8 mi · 1.3 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Taranaki Maunga Summit Climb
1.2 mi · 2.0 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
Holly Hut Track
1.5 mi · 2.3 km · Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)
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