Mount Miserable
- 2,899 ft
- summit
- Jan–Mar
- best months
Mount Miserable is a mountain in Otago, New Zealand, with its summit at about 2,900 ft (884 m) above sea level. No mapped trail reaches the top in OpenStreetMap, so plan the approach with local maps or a guide. The nearest town is Herbert, about 8.1 miles west of the summit. Peaks within about 3 miles include Round Knob, Prominent Peak and Conical Peak. In a typical January, the warmest month, highs reach about 60°F (15°C) and lows about 46°F (8°C); in July, the coldest, highs are about 39°F (4°C) and lows about 28°F (-2°C). Precipitation falls on about 13 days in December, the wettest month, and about 8 days in June, the driest. These typical figures for 1981–2010 come from the CHELSA 1 km climate model and CRU TS 4.09. The location and elevation come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Check local access rules and conditions before you go.
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at the summit for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
- Summit elevation
- 2,899 ft
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of Mount Miserable. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about Mount Miserable
How tall is Mount Miserable?
2,899 ft (884 m).
Is there a trail to the top of Mount Miserable?
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide.
MoerakiSummit · ~22 min drivePhoto: rheins, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Kakanui PeakSummit · ~22 min drivePhoto: Ulrich Lange, Dunedin, New Zealand, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Round KnobSummit · ~3 min drive
- Prominent PeakSummit · ~3 min drive
- Conical PeakSummit · ~4 min drive
- Devils ElbowSummit · ~4 min drive
- Table HillSummit · ~5 min drive
- Mount FortuneSummit · ~6 min drive
- Little Table HillSummit · ~7 min drive
- Fern HillSummit · ~9 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Kahikatea LodgeHut camping · ~3 min drive
Moeraki BeachBeach · ~19 min drivePhoto: itravelNZ® - the best smartphone travel app for New Zealand :-), CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Boulders Low Tide FreeHiking · ~19 min drivePhoto: itravelNZ® - the best smartphone travel app for New Zealand :-), CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Moeraki Village Holiday ParkCamping · ~22 min drivePhoto: Allan Henderson, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Mount Miserable
Best months: January–March. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
60° / 46°
10 wet
Feb
59° / 46°
9 wet
Mar
56° / 43°
11 wet
Apr
52° / 38°
9 wet
May
46° / 34°
9 wet
Jun
41° / 29°
8 wet
Jul
39° / 28°
10 wet
Aug
42° / 29°
9 wet
Sep
46° / 32°
9 wet
Oct
50° / 35°
11 wet
Nov
53° / 38°
10 wet
Dec
56° / 43°
13 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 2,766 ft), not measured at a weather station. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
