Butchers Dam Loop Track
WalkOtagoOpen
- Grade
- Easy
- Walking time
- 1 hr
- Distance
- 2.5 km
- Dogs
- On a lead
Access: read before you go
Access to Flat Top Hill Conservation Area is via an easement over private land. Respect private property by keeping dogs on leashes until you reach the conservation area.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Getting there
We have not checked a road end or car park for this place yet, so we do not give driving directions to it. Check how to get there before you go. Some routes cross private land and need the landowner's permission.
How to get there, on doc.govt.nzAccess to Flat Top Hill Conservation Area is via an easement over private land. Respect private property by keeping dogs on leashes until you reach the conservation area.
Travel south from Alexandra for 6 km along State Highway 8. Turn left into the Flat Top Hill carpark near Butchers Dam.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 45.29377° S, 169.34392° E
About this place
Butchers Dam Loop Track is an excellent short family walk.
The route
This is a great track for families. Highlights include a dam, lake, a historic hut, and skinks. The track has some sections of stairs. It is a short walk with a lot of history and provides a good taste of the area's geology, dry vegetation and animals that live in it. This is not a mountain biking track but the first section of this track can be used by mountain bikers to access nearby bike tracks.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
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Walks nearby
Basin View Tramping Track
Advanced • 3 hr • 7.5 km • 0.78 km away
Lake Roxburgh Walkway
Easy • 3 hr | 7–10 hr • 10 km | 20 km • 1.81 km away
Flat Top Hill Tramping Track
Advanced • 2 – 3 hr • 6 km • 2.26 km away
Roxburgh Faces Tramping Track
Advanced • 1 hr 30 min - 2 hr from Flat Top Hill Tramping Track to Roxburgh Gorge Trail • 2.5 km • 2.35 km away
Earnscleugh Tailings Track
Easy • 30 min or 2 - 3 hr • 5.49 km away
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Sources
- DOC Tracks (API) · CC BY 4.0Crown Copyright: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai. Data sourced from the DOC Developer Portal (api.doc.govt.nz).
- DOC Tracks & Trails · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.