Paines Ford Tramline Track
WalkTasmanOpen
- Grade
- Easy
- Walking time
- 30 min
- Route
- Return
- Dogs
- On a lead
Access: read before you go
Entrance to the Paines Ford Scenic Reserve is at 1886 Tākaka Valley Highway SH60, 3 km south of Tākaka.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Getting there
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How to get there, on doc.govt.nzEntrance to the Paines Ford Scenic Reserve is at 1886 Tākaka Valley Highway SH60, 3 km south of Tākaka.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 40.88929° S, 172.81027° E
About this place
Walk to some excellent swimming holes on a track that follows an old tramline.
The route
The track follows the line of a tramline that operated between the early 1880s and 1905, and was used to take timber from the Tākaka Valley down to Waitapu wharf. It provides access to some excellent swimming holes in the Tākaka River as well as to rock climbing areas. There is a large picnic area with a toilet beside the highway bridge.
Climbing
With its impressive line of limestone bluffs emerging from a remnant patch of forest, Paines Ford is one of New Zealand's best rock-climbing areas. Climbers come from far and wide to enjoy the challenge of the sheer rock faces - these are definitely not for beginners!
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).