Lake Hanlon Track
WalkWest CoastOpen
- Grade
- Easy
- Walking time
- 30 min
- Distance
- 1.5 km
- Route
- Return
- 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.nzAccess the track from the Karamea Highway, 8 km south of Little Wanganui.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 41.42375° S, 172.10376° E
About this place
Walk to this scenic gem from the main road, south of Karamea.
The route
The track to this scenic gem climbs over a forested ridge to a lakeside viewing area, with kahikatea at the water’s edge, backed by beech forest, with occasional podocarp species and southern rātā.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Nearby stops
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Belltown Manunui Hut
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Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Specimen Point Hut
Serviced • 14 bunks • West Coast • 14 km
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Johnson Hut
Basic/bivvies • 4 bunks • West Coast • 15.2 km
Johnson Hut is a basic four-bunk hut located in the Buller area of the West Coast.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Mōkihinui Forks Hut
Basic/bivvies • 10 bunks • West Coast • 15.2 km
Mōkihinui Forks Hut is a basic ten-bunk hut located in the Mōkihinui River area on the West Coast.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
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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.