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Te Araroa - 03 Waikato - k Te Kuiti to Barryville Road, Pureora Forest

Local route56 km · 35 miGood year-round

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Best time to hike

Year-round

  1. J22°14°104
  2. F22°14°98
  3. M21°13°97
  4. A18°10°109
  5. M15°9°145
  6. J13°7°165
  7. J12°6°173
  8. A13°6°159
  9. S14°8°152
  10. O16°9°149
  11. N18°10°127
  12. 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

About 56 km (35 mi) long, Te Araroa - 03 Waikato - k Te Kuiti to Barryville Road, Pureora Forest is a local hiking route in Waikato, New Zealand. It is at Te Kuiti. 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)
56 km · 35 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
56 km · 35 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
At 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
Shearing monument, Rora Street, Te Kuiti → Barryville Road, Pureora Forest
Route centre
-38.4296, 175.3626
Route start
-38.3374, 175.1681
OpenStreetMap
relation 9626654
Wikidata
Q4242105
Official info
teararoa.org.nz/waikato/te-kuiti-pureora/
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

distance from the trail start

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