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Te Araroa - 04 Manawatū-Whanganui - k Palmerston North to Old West Road (SH57)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J21°13°69
- F22°13°80
- M20°12°72
- A17°10°74
- M14°8°93
- J12°6°109
- J11°5°106
- A12°6°95
- S14°7°105
- O16°9°108
- N17°10°88
- D19°12°100
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
Road margins much of the way. Shoulders often minimal. Face the oncoming traffic (you on right side in Aotearoa-New Zealand), EXCEPT where: a) view ahead is restricted - drivers of you b) there is a footpath on the other side
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 13 km · 8 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 12 km · 8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 1.3 km S of Kelvin Grove (Palmerston North City, Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Te Araroa - 04 Manawatū-Whanganui (regional route)
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- TA04k
- From / to
- Palmerston North - Napier Road → Old West Road at Turitea
- Route centre
- -40.3672, 175.6292
- Route start
- -40.3407, 175.6470
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9464986
- Wikidata
- Q4242105
- Official info
- teararoa.org.nz/manawatu/palmerston-north/
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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