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Turnbulls Tramping Track
Next nearby hike: Martin's Hut/Merrivale Tramping Track 7 mi · 11 kmExplore Longwood Range →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 11–15 °C (52–59 °F)
- J15°10°166
- F15°10°128
- M14°9°149
- A12°7°146
- M10°6°175
- J8°4°157
- J7°3°130
- A8°3°123
- S10°5°133
- O11°6°143
- N12°7°123
- D14°9°145
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
A challenging tramping track through the beautiful, mossy Longwoods forest. Keep an eye out for the historic Turnbull’s Hut, a relic from the gold mining era. This track is part of Te Araroa Trail.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 7.8 km · 4.8 mi (DOC route geometry)
- Source
- NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
- Difficulty
- Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
- Typical time (DOC)
- 4-5 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/149eb9574de94fc6aae819bd5e7
- Mountain range
- Longwood Range (GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 14 km NW of Riverton (Southland District, Southland) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Conservation Area - Longwood Forest
- Best months
- Oct–Apr
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Southland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -46.2871, 167.8542
How it’s scored
Hard (7/10). Official rating: Advanced · 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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