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White Cliffs Walkway Track
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Aug, Nov–May · highs 12–20 °C (54–68 °F)
- J20°15°133
- F20°15°133
- M19°14°135
- A17°12°149
- M15°10°191
- J13°9°208
- J12°8°215
- A12°8°195
- S13°9°205
- O15°10°209
- N16°12°165
- D18°14°179
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
This walkway uses the Kapuni to Auckland gas pipeline route for a considerable distance. The laying of the pipeline opened up walking access to the dramatic forest and coastal country of the region.
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).
Trail facts
- Length
- 5.2 km · 3.2 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)
- up to 8 hr
- Official page
- doc.govt.nz/link/e13d00dd6c674327a62ac3cbfac
- Nearest town
- 30 km NE of Waitara (New Plymouth District, Taranaki Region) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Aug, Nov–May
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Taranaki
- Continent
- Oceania
- Route centre
- -38.8811, 174.5464
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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