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Tōtaranui to Waiharakeke Bay
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J19°15°118
- F20°15°114
- M18°14°122
- A16°12°138
- M14°10°147
- J12°8°166
- J11°8°164
- A12°8°174
- S13°9°150
- O15°10°158
- N16°12°144
- D18°14°132
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
Walk south from Tōtaranui past the beautiful Goat Bay to Waiharakeke.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 4.8 km · 3.0 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Moderate (5/10) (Intermediate · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 1 hr 40 min return via the same track
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/f96d886ac6a4478bbccb1254dae
- Nearest town
- 18 km E of Takaka (Tasman District) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Abel Tasman National Park
- Connects to
- Tōtaranui to Awaroa Bay (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Tasman
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -40.8406, 173.0147
How it’s scored
Moderate (5/10). Official rating: Intermediate · 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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