Londonderry Rock Walk
WalkWest CoastOpen
- Grade
- Easiest
- Walking time
- 10 min
- Route
- One way
- Dogs
- DOC permit only
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.nzTurn off SH 73, 1km east of Kumara onto a metalled road running alongside a water race.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 42.64755° S, 171.19247° E
About this place
View the very large Londonderry Rock - which during the Kumara Goldrushes was too large for miners to move or break.
The route
A short walking track passes through tailings and old goldworkings to view Londonderry Rock – a huge boulder too large for the miners to move or break.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
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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.