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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–Jun · highs 15–23 °C (59–73 °F)
- J23°15°112
- F23°16°122
- M22°14°129
- A19°12°142
- M17°11°161
- J15°9°196
- J14°8°209
- A15°8°195
- S16°9°170
- O17°10°137
- N19°12°132
- D21°14°130
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
This is a well-marked track through established bush with valley views and large kauri trees. This track connects with the Waipapa River Track.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 9.5 km · 5.9 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Moderate (5/10) (Intermediate · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 2 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/d8d242bc74944b25bd3d7ff1769
- Nearby park
- Puketī Forest (Pt Northland Conservation Park) (0.21 km from the boundary)
- Nearest town
- 18 km SW of Kaeo (Far North District, Northland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Aug–Jun
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Northland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -35.2418, 173.6868
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.
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3.0 mi · 4.8 km · Puketī Forest (Pt Northland Conservation Park)
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