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Studholme Bush Scenic Reserve tracks
Next nearby hike: Gunns Bush Track 8 mi · 12 kmExplore The Hunters Hills →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 11–19 °C (52–66 °F)
- J19°10°63
- F19°10°60
- M17°9°60
- A15°6°49
- M11°3°59
- J8°0°48
- J8°-1°60
- A10°1°54
- S12°3°46
- O14°5°62
- N16°7°56
- D18°9°80
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
Enjoy a wide range of tracks, from an easy, fun cycle with the family along Railway Track, to a steep 50-minute walk to the Whitehorse monument with great views out over Waimate.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.4 km · 2.1 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Easy (3/10) (Easy · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/2422cb81c4fb412e83330493301
- Mountain range
- The Hunters Hills (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 5.7 km SW of Waimate (Waimate District, Canterbury) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Canterbury
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -44.7666, 171.0018
How it’s scored
Easy (3/10). Official rating: Easy · 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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