March Creek Track
WalkOtagoOpen
- Grade
- Advanced
- Walking time
- 3 hr 30 min
- Distance
- 4 km
- Route
- 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.nzAccess is signposted on the western side of McKinnon Road, north of Browns Road. Cross the stile and follow the markers to the conservation area boundary.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 45.48630° S, 170.07896° E
About this place
An access track leading from McKinnon Road to the Rock and Pillar Conservation Area.
The route
An initial gentle walk crossing March Creek soon gives way to a steep climb that gains 500 m of elevation. The track ends at the conservation area boundary, at around 800 m above sea level.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
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Sources
- DOC Tracks & Trails · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.
- 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).