Te Araroa - alternative route 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: Sep–May · highs 15–22 °C (59–72 °F)
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- F22°15°131
- M20°13°135
- A18°12°150
- M16°10°169
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- J13°7°218
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- N18°11°133
- D20°13°129
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 - alternative route is a local hiking route of about 16 km (10 mi) in Northland, New Zealand. It lies about 13 km northwest of Waimate North. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Sep–May.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 16 km · 10 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearby park
- Puketī Forest (Pt Northland Conservation Park) (1.31 km from the boundary)
- Nearest town
- 13 km NW of Waimate North (Far North District, Northland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Northland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- TAalt
- Route centre
- -35.2332, 173.8579
- Route start
- -35.2253, 173.8016
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9581140
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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