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.
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.
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739 matches; 25-36 in name order.
Aerial view
A forested river bend and dam structures below an angular mint loop. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation.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 2024-2026© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / Details
Aerial view
A mapped outline surrounds a narrow dark lake and pale exposed banks, with farmland and a river to the left and sparse dry hills to 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 Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation.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 2025© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / Details
Aerial view
A nearly vertical outlined route follows a green valley and road corridor between steep pale mountain ridges with deep natural shadows. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation.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© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsCanterbury
Walking time: 2 h 40 min
Source record; checked
Area context
New signage at the start to the new Asbestos Cottage Track. Published in DOC's Asbestos Cottage Track guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
Photo: Department of Conservation (NZ) / CC BY 4.0 / DetailsTasman
Walking time: 2 hours one way
Source record; checked
Illustrative
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 / Details
Aerial view
An outlined loop lies in woodland above a winding river, with a narrow approach toward a diagonal bridge, buildings at lower left and open pasture at lower 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 2025© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / Details
Aerial view
A pale curving mapped route crosses a broad forested slope, above a river bend at lower left and beside open green pasture 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 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 / DetailsManawatu-Whanganui
Walking time: 1 - 2 hr
Source record; checked
Aerial view
An angular green-and-white route outline winds through tan scrubby hills dotted with dark vegetation, with cultivated green rectangles at the upper-left 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 2025© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / Details
Aerial view
A pale outlined route crosses green pasture from a road at the top, then enters a dense woodland block and forms a small angular loop. 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© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / Details
Aerial view
A tall pale angular route outline sits over dense blue-green forest beside a curving road and small roadside clearing 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 2021-2022© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsManawatu-Whanganui
Walking time: 15-30 min
Source record; checked
Aerial view
A compact pale polygonal route outline encloses part of a dense forest remnant bordered by green and tan pasture. 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 / DetailsHawke's Bay
Walking time: 10 – 40 min
Source record; checked