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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / DetailsShort walks planning
Use the recorded walking time as a starting point, then read the route and grade. A short-walk classification is not a promise of easy terrain, step-free access or suitability for children.
Planning checklist & guides
Before you choose
- Check whether the time describes a return trip, loop or one-way walk.
- Read the grade, hazards and current land-manager notices.
- Allow time for your group's pace, stops and the return journey.
Planning guides
What qualifies
Tracks qualify only with the published short-walk classification and a recorded walking-time fact backed by content sources. Times are shown verbatim, not converted into an invented duration limit.
All 648 published campsite records, 1589 walking-track records and 26 trip plans are considered against the relevant criteria. Campsites with a closed notice are excluded. Seasonal and access notices remain visible; inclusion does not confirm that a place is open.
Each page shows up to 12 matches per group in name order (A-Z), not a ranking. Use the page links to browse every match. Groups share a page number; shorter groups finish earlier. Full finders also include records outside this topic. Source wording and check dates are retained here and on record pages, not live availability checks.
Short-walk records
739 matches; 13-24 in name order.
Aerial view
A large irregular route outline encircles green forest slopes beside coastal pasture, with scattered buildings and a pale beach along the right edge. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Aerial view 2024-2025© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / Details
Aerial view
A narrow outlined route winds up forested coastal hills between a small pale-blue inlet below and blue-green open water at upper right. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Aerial view 2023-2024© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsIllustrative
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / DetailsBay of Plenty
Aongatete Link Track
Walking time: 1 hr 30 min one way
Walking time: 1 hr 30 min one way
Source record; checked
Aerial view
An angular pale route outline sits over continuous forest canopy, with a red-roofed building cluster and a small green clearing in the upper-right area. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Aerial view 2024-2025© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsIllustrative
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / DetailsBay of Plenty
Aongatete Short Loop Walk
Walking time: 1 hr return
Walking time: 1 hr return
Source record; checked
Aerial view
A pale diagonal route crosses dense blue-green woodland along a narrow valley, meeting a broad tan river flat with meandering dark channels on the right. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Aerial view 2015-2017© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsSouthland
Aparima Huts/Spence Burn Junction Route
Walking time: 1 hr
Walking time: 1 hr
Source record; checked
Aerial view
An outlined route runs down a central wooded valley toward green flats and braided channels, between deeply shaded mountains on the left and rectangular fields on the right. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Aerial view 2023-2024© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / Details
Aerial view
A pale outlined route angles across reddish-brown saltmarsh beside branching muddy tidal channels, with a few houses and a road along the top edge. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Aerial view 2023-2024© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsOtago
Aramoana Saltmarsh Walking Track
Walking time: 20 to 30 min
Walking time: 20 to 30 min
Source record; checked
Visitors watch from the bridge and the first lookout point as the dam gates open and fill the rapids. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
Photo: Nate Wallace / Department of Conservation (NZ) / CC BY 4.0 / DetailsCentral North Island
Aratiatia Rapids Lookout Walk
Walking time: 10 min
Walking time: 10 min
Source record; checked
Aerial view
A short angular mapped route climbs a forested lakeside slope toward houses at upper right, above a curving shore road and deep-blue lake. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Aerial view 2017-2019© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsOtago
Arawata Bridle Track
Walking time: 45 min one way
Walking time: 45 min one way
Source record; checked
Aerial view
An elongated route outline wraps around a green hill between winding river channels, pale gravel bars and densely wooded slopes. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
Aerial view 2025-2026© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / Details