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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)About this trail
The Putangirua Pinnacles are a geological formation and a good example of “Badlands” erosion. They are earth pillars or hoodoos located at the head of a valley on the south-west coast of New Zealand's North Island
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Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 3.6 km · 2.2 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- PUTA
- Operator (OSM)
- Department of Conservation
- From / to
- Putangirua carpark → Putangirua carpark
- Route centre
- -41.4492, 175.2344
- Route start
- -41.4501, 175.2258
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 12118741
- Wikidata
- Q7262177
- Official info
- doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/wa
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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