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Spa Park to Huka Falls Walk
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J21°12°101
- F21°13°95
- M19°11°103
- A16°9°108
- M13°7°116
- J11°5°143
- J10°4°147
- A11°4°134
- S13°6°124
- O15°7°123
- N17°9°107
- D19°11°139
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
Take a scenic walk along the banks of the Waikato River. This short, easy walk is great for kids.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 2.1 km · 1.3 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Easy (2/10) (Easiest · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 1 hr 30 min
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/08223f4524b0490199305cf4f1e
- Nearest town
- 2.6 km S of Wairakei (Taupo District, Waikato Region) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Waikato
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -38.6553, 176.0896
How it’s scored
Easy (2/10). Official rating: Easiest · 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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