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Whananaki Coastal Walkway

Local route6.0 km · 3.7 miGood year-round

Next nearby hike: Puriri Track 7 mi · 11 kmExplore Northland →

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Best time to hike

Year-round

  1. J22°17°101
  2. F22°18°96
  3. M21°17°115
  4. A19°15°114
  5. M17°13°138
  6. J15°12°151
  7. J14°11°167
  8. A15°11°146
  9. S16°11°117
  10. O17°12°93
  11. N18°14°96
  12. D20°16°98

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 6.0 km (3.7 mi) long, Whananaki Coastal Walkway is a local hiking route in Northland, New Zealand. It lies about 7.5 km north of Ngunguru. By long-term climate averages it can be hiked year-round.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Mapped length
6.0 km · 3.7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
7.5 km N of Ngunguru (Whangarei, Northland) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
New Zealand
Region
Northland
Continent
Oceania
Route type
Local route
From / to
Whananaki → Sandy Bay
Route centre
-35.5410, 174.4645
Route start
-35.5536, 174.4719
OpenStreetMap
relation 18211425
Official info
wdc.govt.nz/Community/Parks-and-recreation/Parks
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.

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distance from the trail start

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Peninsula Loop Walk

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Whangaruru North Head Track

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Motukiore Island Walk

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