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Te Araroa - 04 Manawatū-Whanganui - e National Park to Whanganui River
Next nearby hike: Te Araroa - 04 Manawatū-Whanganui - d Mangatepopo to National Park 5.5 mi · 8.8 kmExplore Tongariro National Park →● Live cam 12 mi away
Te Araroa - 04 Manawatū-Whanganui - e National Park to Whanganui River other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jan–May · highs 10–18 °C (50–64 °F)
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- F18°10°154
- M16°8°157
- A13°6°166
- M10°4°199
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- J7°1°239
- A8°1°224
- S10°3°255
- O12°4°243
- N14°6°204
- D16°8°249
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
There are no facilities of any type at the Kurua-Retaruke Rd end of this track. Trampers need to be totally independent and make their own pre-arrangements for food, shelter or pick-ups.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 89 km · 55 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 93 km · 58 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearby park
- Tongariro National Park (1.04 km from the boundary)
- Nearest town
- 26 km N of Ohakune (Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Te Araroa - 04 Manawatū-Whanganui (regional route)
- Best months
- Jan–May
- Live cam nearby
- Mt Ruapehu Live Stream from Ohakune, New Zealand (MtRuapehu, 12 mi · 19 km away)
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- TA04e
- From / to
- Railway Station, National Park → Mangapurua Landing, Whanganui River
- Route centre
- -39.1778, 175.1779
- Route start
- -39.1719, 175.3929
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9631639
- Wikidata
- Q4242105
- Official info
- teararoa.org.nz/whanganui/national-park-whanganu
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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