Staying Home Sucks, home
Part of Davey Street Hobart in November 2010
Hobart, the nearest town, 9 km away. Photo: Nick-D, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Fern Tree-Kingston Connect

Mountain bike area · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

90Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sun 8: Slick: wet roots and rocks, Later: tacky: hero dirt, Rain 8.4 mm in the last two days

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 88 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
16°C

Tue 3 · 88 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
0.2 mm
Rain
1 mm
Air
13°C

Wed 4 · 88 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
1.2 mm
Rain
1.8 mm
Air
14°C

Thu 5 · 96 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
4.5 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
17°C

Fri 6 · 78 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
3.5 mm
Rain
2.4 mm
Air
16°C

Sat 7 · 74 out of 100

Trail
Unknown
Rain 2 days
3.3 mm
Rain
4.5 mm
Air
9°C

Sun 8 · 100 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
8.4 mm
Rain
0.6 mm
Air
10°C

Tap a day for the trail, the rain and the air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 169, good
  2. Mon 288, good
  3. Tue 388, good
  4. Wed 488, good
  5. Thu 596, good
  6. Fri 678, good
  7. Sat 774, good
  8. Sun 8100, good
  9. Mon 9100, good
  10. Tue 1096, good

The spot in two facts

  • 1 routemapped within 10 km
  • Up to S2Singletrail scale

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know trail closures, fallen trees or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Fern Tree-Kingston Connect
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Sun 1Nov*69, goodUnknown–0 mm16°C
Mon 2Nov*88, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm16°C
Tue 3Nov*88, goodUnknown0.2 mm1 mm13°C
Wed 4Nov*88, goodUnknown1.2 mm1.8 mm14°C
Thu 5Nov*96, goodUnknown4.5 mm0 mm17°C
Fri 6Nov*78, goodUnknown3.5 mm2.4 mm16°C
Sat 7Nov*74, goodUnknown3.3 mm4.5 mm9°C
Sun 8Nov100, goodSlick8.4 mm0.6 mm10°C
Mon 9Nov100, goodTacky6.3 mm0.6 mm14°C
Tue 10Nov*96, goodUnknown1.8 mm1.2 mm13°C

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Trail is the soil that morning, from the rain before; rain in mm, air in °C. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

Town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Fern Tree-Kingston Connect

1 mountain bike route mapped. Hardest trail: S2 on the Singletrail scale. Best from Jul to May. The nearest town to stay in is Hobart.

  • Routes 1 mountain bike route mapped.
  • Hardest Hardest trail: S2 on the Singletrail scale.

From OpenStreetMap: the mountain bike routes mapped within 10 km.

Bike routes and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,950–US$3,750 each

about US$1,950–US$3,750 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, bike hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to HBA, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW and AKL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$958–US$1,990
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$362–US$603
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Bike hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$288–US$529
Totalabout US$1,950–US$3,750

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Hobart

Closest

Hobart

15 min by car · 156 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 156 places to stay in Hobart · Booking.com

About Hobart its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 31h 40m

About 31h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → HBA, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Auckland International Airport (AKL), then 30 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.