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Te Araroa - 03 Waikato - j Waitomo to Te Kuiti
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J21°14°106
- F22°14°102
- M20°13°99
- A18°11°113
- M15°9°152
- J13°7°173
- J12°6°182
- A13°6°163
- S14°8°153
- O16°9°150
- N18°10°129
- D20°13°142
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
Medium-grade tramp - farms and bush and a small portion of road margin. 150-metre ascents. Pause on high karsts to view King Country's low agriculture and tumbled limestone that rise to volcanic summits – north > Pirongia, east > Pureora, south > Ruapehu
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 18 km · 11 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 17 km · 11 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 10 km NW of Te Kuiti (Waitomo District, Waikato Region) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Te Araroa - 03 Waikato (regional route)
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Waikato
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- TA03k
- From / to
- Waitomo Village → Shearing monument, Rora Street, Te Kuiti
- Route centre
- -38.2988, 175.1361
- Route start
- -38.2606, 175.1040
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9626629
- Wikidata
- Q4242105
- Official info
- teararoa.org.nz/the-trail-old/waikato/
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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