Dome Forest car park to lookout
WalkAuckland
- Grade
- Easy
- Walking time
- 40 min
- Distance
- 1 km to lookout one way
- Dogs
- No dogs
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.nzThe walk starts beside the Dome tearooms, 7 km north of Warkworth on SH 1, 74 km north of Auckland.
When you get to the lookout you can continue on to Govan Wilson Rd.
The main area is 68km from downtown Auckland, and 10km from Warkworth.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 36.36120° S, 174.61299° E
About this place
Starting from the Dome tearooms carpark, steps lead up along a narrow road reserve to the Dome Forest conservation area.
The route
Starting from the Dome tearooms carpark, steps climb steeply for the first 300 m along a narrow road reserve to the Dome Forest conservation area (401 ha). The track passes through mixed podocarp and broadleaf forest and follows a ridge to a lookout platform, with views across the Mahurangi Peninsula to the Hauraki Gulf. This track is part of Te Araroa - The Long Pathway.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
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Walks nearby
Dome Forest car park to Waiwhiu Grove
Advanced • 1 hr 30 min one way • 3 km one way • 1.29 km away
Dome Forest car park to Govan Wilson Rd, Matakana
Advanced • 7 hr one way • 14 km to Govan Wilson Road • 3.64 km away
Waterfall Track
Easiest • 30 min • 1 km • 10.87 km away
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Advanced • 1 hr 30 min one way to summit or 3 hr 30 min one way to Rodney Rd • 10.93 km away
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Advanced • 2 hr • 6 km • 11.11 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).