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.
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.
739 matches; 577-588 in name order.
Example of some of the views on the walks. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
Photo: Tamsen Walker / Department of Conservation (NZ) / CC BY 4.0 / Details
View up the path towards a lookout on Lookout Track. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
Photo: T. Walker / Department of Conservation (NZ) / CC BY 4.0 / Details
Area context
Whareroa Farm tracks. Local surroundings shown, not a verified view of the camping pitches or named trail section. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
Photo: Ann Evans / Department of Conservation (NZ) / CC BY 4.0 / DetailsWellington
Walking time: 12 min return
Source record; checked
Top of Summit Track. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
Photo: Ruth McKie / CC BY 2.0 / DetailsCanterbury
Walking time: 2 hr to summit
Source record; checked
Aerial view
Bent line follows a wooded shoreline beside turquoise and muddy shallows, pasture and a small settlement. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation.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 / DetailsOtago
Walking time: 20 min return via same track
Source record; checked
Aerial view
Tall narrow loop crosses textured rocky grassland below straight roads and rectangular fields. 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
Walking time: 45 min - 1 hr loop
Source record; checked
Aerial view
Forest beside open scrubland with forked mint linework. 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
Aerial view
Bent line links small upland lakes with a long narrow reservoir through wooded mountain 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 2024-2025© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / Details
Aerial view
Long forest loop and side branch extend from a pastoral valley across a wooded ridge. 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 2023-2025© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / Details
Aerial view
Winding horizontal line crosses a forest edge between steep dark green ridges and open 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 2023-2025© LINZ + contributorsCC BY 4.0 / DetailsNorthland
Walking time: 2 hr one way
Source record; checked
Aerial view
Several angular branches cross a wooded patch embedded in a town beside a narrow river corridor. 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 / DetailsCanterbury
Walking time: 10 - 20 min
Source record; checked
Tamatahia Te Whenua Track. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
Photo: Department of Conservation (NZ) / CC BY 4.0 / Details