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Te Araroa - 04 Manawatū-Whanganui - a Pureora Forest Park to Taumarunui
Next nearby hike: Timber Trail - Barryville Road to Bog Inn turnoff 3.0 mi · 4.9 kmExplore Pureora Forest Park →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 12–20 °C (54–68 °F)
- J20°11°120
- F20°12°114
- M18°10°118
- A15°8°130
- M12°6°154
- J10°4°184
- J9°3°189
- A10°3°181
- S12°5°181
- O13°6°172
- N16°8°147
- D18°10°173
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
Te Araroa - 04 Manawatū-Whanganui - a Pureora Forest Park to Taumarunui is a local hiking route of about 110 km (68 mi) in Pureora Forest Park, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Sep–May.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 110 km · 68 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 106 km · 66 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Park or forest
- Pureora Forest Park
- Part of
- Te Araroa - 04 Manawatū-Whanganui (regional route)
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- TA04a
- From / to
- Pureora Forest Park, Barryville Rd → Hakiaha St (SH4), Taumarunui
- Route centre
- -38.6984, 175.4300
- Route start
- -38.5136, 175.5570
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9628502
- Wikidata
- Q4242105
- Official info
- teararoa.org.nz/waikato/hauhungaroa-track/
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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3.0 mi · 4.9 km · Pureora Forest Park
Mt Titiraupenga Track
6 mi · 10 km · Pureora Forest Park
Timber Trail - Bog Inn turnoff to Piropiro
6 mi · 10 km · Pureora Forest Park
Timber Trail - hiking
9 mi · 15 km · Pureora Forest Park
Arataki Track
10 mi · 16 km · Pureora Forest Park
Okahukura Loop
10 mi · 16 km · Pureora Forest Park
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