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Silverpeaks Circuit Track
Next nearby hike: Careys Creek Track 2.8 mi · 4.6 kmExplore Silver Peaks →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–Apr · highs 11–18 °C (52–64 °F)
- J18°9°105
- F17°9°94
- M16°8°94
- A13°5°74
- M10°3°93
- J7°0°75
- J7°0°90
- A8°0°77
- S11°2°74
- O13°4°95
- N14°6°85
- D16°8°118
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))
- Mapped length
- 25 km · 16 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Silver Peaks (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 5.6 km W of Waitati (Dunedin City, Otago) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Sep–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- From / to
- Silverpeaks Scenic Reserve Car Park → Silverpeaks Scenic Reserve Car Park
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- -45.7306, 170.4707
- Route start
- -45.7551, 170.4954
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 21209956
- Official info
- doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/ot
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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