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Te Ara Moana - SH88 section of Te Aka Ōtākou
Next nearby hike: Ōrokonui Lagoon Walk 5.0 mi · 8.1 kmExplore Signal Hill →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug–May · highs 10–18 °C (50–64 °F)
- J18°12°84
- F18°12°78
- M16°10°78
- A15°8°62
- M12°6°81
- J9°4°68
- J9°3°78
- A10°4°69
- S12°5°62
- O14°7°76
- N15°9°66
- D17°10°92
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
The trail from Port Chalmers to beyond Portobello is named as Te Aka Ōtākou (The Otago Vine), refers to the winding path clinging to the harbour. The State Highway 88 section is named Te Ara Moana (The Ocean Path)
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Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 14 km · 8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Signal Hill (mountain, 393 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Silver Peaks (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 1.4 km SW of Port Chalmers (Dunedin City, Otago) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Aug–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- TAM
- Operator (OSM)
- Duendin City Council
- From / to
- Port Chalmers → Duendin Cientral
- Route centre
- -45.8517, 170.5619
- Route start
- -45.8220, 170.6039
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 16747760
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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