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Te Araroa - 05 Wellington - a Poads Road, Levin to Otaki Forks
Next nearby hike: Waiopehu Track (Poads Road to Waiopehu Hut) 1.6 mi · 2.6 kmExplore Tararua Range →
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
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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 - 05 Wellington - a Poads Road, Levin to Otaki Forks is a local hiking route of about 48 km (30 mi) in Wellington, New Zealand. It is in the Tararua Range. It lies about 6.7 km southeast of Levin.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 48 km · 30 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Tararua Range (North Island Mountain Spine; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.7 km SE of Levin (Horowhenua District, Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Te Araroa - 05 Wellington (regional route)
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- TA06a
- Route centre
- -40.7661, 175.3274
- Route start
- -40.6586, 175.3470
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9441474
- Wikidata
- Q4242105
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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