Opera Point Walk
WalkWaikatoOpen
- Grade
- Easiest
- Walking time
- 40 min
- Distance
- 500 m beach access, 1.5 km for the
- Route
- Loop
- Dogs
- On a lead
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.nzOff State Highway 25 near Whangapoua between Whitianga and Coromandel.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 36.71937° S, 175.62243° E
About this place
Opera Point on the Coromandel Peninsula offers a walk on an old tramway line to a pleasant beach.
The route
The track follows an old tramway from the car park to a pleasant beach and the site of Craig’s saw mill, built in 1862. See Historic Opera Point . The Raukawa pā site on the reserve offers excellent coastal views.
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).