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Timber Trail - No 10 camp to Ongarue Village
Next nearby hike: Te Araroa - 04 Manawatū-Whanganui - a Pureora Forest Park to Taumarunui 1.3 mi · 2.2 kmExplore Hauhungaroa Range →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 12–20 °C (54–68 °F)
- J19°11°122
- F20°11°112
- M18°10°111
- A15°8°123
- M12°6°150
- J10°4°180
- J9°3°184
- A10°3°177
- S12°5°190
- O13°6°179
- N15°7°149
- D17°10°178
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
About 19 km (12 mi) long, Timber Trail - No 10 camp to Ongarue Village is a local hiking route in Pureora Forest Park, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. It is in the Hauhungaroa Range. It lies about 25 km northeast of Taumarunui.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 19 km · 12 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Hauhungaroa Range (North Island Volcanic Plateau; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 25 km NE of Taumarunui (Ruapehu District, Manawatu-Wanganui) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Pureora Forest Park
- Part of
- Timber Trail - hiking (regional route)
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- TT04-h
- From / to
- No 10 shelter → Ongarue
- Route centre
- -38.7070, 175.3469
- Route start
- -38.6851, 175.4119
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 18132001
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail startTe Araroa - 04 Manawatū-Whanganui - a Pureora Forest Park to Taumarunui
1.3 mi · 2.2 km · Pureora Forest Park
Timber Trail - Piropiro to No 10 Camp
2.6 mi · 4.2 km · Pureora Forest Park
Timber Trail - hiking
5.1 mi · 8.3 km · Pureora Forest Park
Ketemaringi Route
6 mi · 10 km · Pureora Forest Park
Timber Trail - Bog Inn turnoff to Piropiro
10 mi · 16 km · Pureora Forest Park
Hauhungaroa Track
11 mi · 17 km · Pureora Forest Park
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