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Western Ōkataina Walkway
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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)
- J20°11°130
- F20°12°135
- M18°10°144
- A15°8°164
- M12°6°161
- J10°4°195
- J9°3°196
- A10°3°191
- S12°4°168
- O14°6°162
- N16°7°148
- D18°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
Western Ōkataina Walkway is open for both walking and mountain biking.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 15 km · 10 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)
- 7 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/ca94e06d91cf4b25a541f8c66cd
- Mountain range
- Paeroa Range (North Island Volcanic Plateau; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 11 km NE of Ohinemutu (Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Bay of Plenty
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -38.1042, 176.3924
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreEastern Ōkataina Walkway
2.2 mi · 3.6 km · Bay of Plenty
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2.5 mi · 4.0 km · Bay of Plenty
Blue Lake Track
7 mi · 11 km · Bay of Plenty
Tuhoto Ariki Trail
7 mi · 11 km · Bay of Plenty
Hinehopu/Hongi's Track
8 mi · 12 km · Bay of Plenty
Mt Ngongotaha Nature Loop Track
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