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Tirohanga Dunes Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–May · highs 13–22 °C (55–72 °F)
- J22°15°107
- F22°16°104
- M21°15°127
- A18°12°145
- M16°10°156
- J14°8°213
- J13°8°193
- A14°8°174
- S15°9°154
- O17°10°155
- N19°12°134
- D21°14°148
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
On this easy, beautiful trail, you’ll enjoy panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean, Whakaari/White Island, Moutohora/Whale Island and towards East Cape.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.6 km · 2.2 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Easy (3/10) (Easy · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 4 hr return
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/5e24165eac8e48578628370a885
- Nearest town
- 4.5 km NE of Opotiki (Opotiki District, Bay of Plenty) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jul–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Bay of Plenty
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -37.9891, 177.3315
How it’s scored
Easy (3/10). Official rating: Easy · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0).
A score is omitted when we do not have an official rating or enough measured length and elevation gain to compute one. Nothing is guessed. Read the NPS method: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how-to-determine-hiking-difficulty.htm
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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