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Te Araroa - 02 Auckland - b Pakiri Beach to cnr Govan Wilson and Matakana Valley Rds
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
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- M17°14°118
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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
About 11 km (7 mi) long, Te Araroa - 02 Auckland - b Pakiri Beach to cnr Govan Wilson and Matakana Valley Rds is a local hiking route in Auckland, New Zealand. It lies about 9.0 km northwest of Leigh. By long-term climate averages it can be hiked year-round.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 11 km · 7 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 12 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 9.0 km NW of Leigh (Auckland) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Te Araroa - 02 Auckland (regional route)
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Auckland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- TA02b
- From / to
- Pakiri Beach holiday camp → cnr Govan Wilson and Matakana Valley Rds
- Route centre
- -36.2790, 174.7115
- Route start
- -36.2462, 174.7271
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9590262
- Wikidata
- Q4242105
- Official info
- teararoa.org.nz/auckland/mt-tamahunga-te-hikoi-o
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.
Nearest trails
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Dome Forest car park to Waiwhiu Grove
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Te Araroa - 02 Auckland - c Govan Wilson Road to Puhoi Valley
12 mi · 19 km · Auckland
Mangawhai Cliffs Walkway
14 mi · 23 km · Northland
Motuora Island walks
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