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Timber Trail - hiking

Regional route82 km · 51 miBest Sep–May

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Best time to hike

Best months: Sep–May · highs 12–20 °C (54–68 °F)

  1. J20°11°120
  2. F20°12°114
  3. M18°10°118
  4. A15°8°130
  5. M12°6°154
  6. J10°4°184
  7. J9°3°189
  8. A10°3°181
  9. S12°5°181
  10. O13°6°172
  11. N16°8°147
  12. 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.

Trail facts

Mapped length
82 km · 51 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
39 km SE of Te Kuiti (Waitomo District, Waikato Region) · GeoNames
Park or forest
Pureora Forest Park
Best months
Sep–May
Country
New Zealand
Region
Manawatū-Whanganui
Continent
Oceania
Route type
Regional route
Ref
TT
From / to
Pureora Village, Barryville Road → Ongarue Village
Route centre
-38.6213, 175.4602
Route start
-38.5136, 175.5570
OpenStreetMap
relation 18140602
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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