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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Sep–May · highs 10–18 °C (50–64 °F)
- J18°9°114
- F18°9°91
- M16°8°103
- A13°5°92
- M10°3°109
- J7°1°96
- J7°0°76
- A9°1°77
- S11°2°86
- O13°4°96
- N15°6°88
- D16°8°110
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
Follow the track through forest up to a ridge. You can also turn off to Poppelwell's Lookout to see commanding views of the Southland Plains.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 2.4 km · 1.5 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)
- 2 hr plus 30-45 min side track
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/bd5af45629504414a1ad714d797
- Mountain range
- Waterfall Range (Hokonui Hills; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 9.5 km NW of Gore (Gore District, Southland) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Croydon Bush Scenic Reserve
- Best months
- Sep–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Southland
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -46.0588, 168.8383
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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