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There are walking and cycling tracks all over Dunedin, from steep goat tracks up in the hills, to gentle rambles by streams. There's something for all levels of fitness so take a look at these maps of walking and cycling tracks in the area.

Printed copies of the maps below are available from the Dunedin City Council Customer Service Area in the Civic Centre, Octagon or from the Sport Otago Office, 184 High St.

Otago Peninsula Track

The Otago Peninsula Tracks provide access to special areas of coastline, historic sites, high points and other areas of interest. The tracks cater for people with varying degrees of fitness and abilities and most are suitable for people of average fitness. Some tracks are also popular mountain bike rides.

Jubilee Park and Forrester Park Tracks

Tucked away in the town belt, Jubilee Park is a fun, safe and easy circuit (but still challenging) for parents, children and seasoned riders alike. Forrester Park consists of a Beginner/Intermediate level track (mostly suitable for kids) in the pines with a few corners, a couple of small jumps at the bottom, and a gradual climb to the top car park above the BMX track.

Signal Hill Reserve & Bethunes Gully Tracks

Signal Hill Reserve is a multi-use area for mountain bikers and walkers and one of the main mountain biking areas in Dunedin. Bethunes Gully provides some challenging mountain bike rides including the Haggis Hunter track, the Nationals track and the Dead Cow Gully Track.

Rough Tracks

A series of tracks located to the north of the City which explores an early water scheme and use part of an original road out of Dunedin. The track network includes Burns, Rustlers Ridge, Burns Saddle and Pipeline Tracks as well as the Morrisons Burn Track.

 

Skyline Walks

Get a bird's eye view of the city by exploring Dunedin's Skyline walks. This includes the Pineapple, Swampy Summit and Leith Saddle tracks then across to Mt Cargill and the Organ Pipes tracks.

 

Strolls near Streams

Visit one of Dunedin's best kept secret and explore the Ross Creek area including School Creek. Adjacent is McGouns Creek.

 

 

Wandering West Harbour

Explore the walking tracks around Port Chalmers, Heyward Point (near Aramoana), and Grahams Bush.

 

 

Wakari Creek Mountain Biking

Wakari Creek has approximately 6km of purpose built beginner to intermediate grade mountain bike tracks. Starting from the car park on the corner of Wakari and Polwarth Roads, and easy grade track loops through Redwood plantation and native bush. The trail is shingled for all-weather use and is very popular with mountain bikers and runners.

More competent riders can head north from Wakari Creek up Leith Valley to the Nichols Creek track. This is a more challenging track which climbs for 6km through native bush. For mountain bike enthusiasts this is one of the best single-track climb/descents in the country. The start of the trail is on your left as you climb up Leith Valley Road, just after you cross over the first road bridge with wooden hand-rails. This trail is best ridden during dry weather as most of it is not shingled.

Signal Hill Mountain biking

Adjacent to Logan Park and located only three kilometres from central Dunedin, Signal Hill recreation reserve is known for having world class downhill mountain biking tracks. There are 3 main lines from top to bottom, with lots of rock gardens, gaps, jump and drop-offs. Signal Hill also has NZ's only purpose-built 4-cross track which is one of the largest in the world. These have been used for both NZ National and Oceania Championships in recent years.

In addition to downhill riding, Signal Hill also has trails aimed at cross-country and recreational riders. An easy-graded climbing track has recently been constructed that climbs from Logan Park High School up to the top of the hill. This is suitable for beginner level riders. There is also a steeper 4WD track bottom to top for those wanting a more challenging climb. Both of these tracks are suitable for runners and walkers, and can be ridden up or down.

www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/mountain-biking/signal-hill-reserve
Photos: Bill van der Linde

Walk to Campus

Want to know how long it will take you to walk around Campus and North Dunedin? This map is the ideal tool to help you along the way.

 

 

Walk to South Dunedin

A map for pedestrians with a useful walking time scale for trips to South Dunedin from the Octagon.

 

 

Walk to Central City

Want to know how long it will take you to walk across the main Central City? Using this walking time scale may just be the answer.

 

 

Walking with Wheels

Well-groomed tracks suitable for walking with buggies. Most tracks best suit modern day mountain type/three wheeled buggies. Some tracks are also suitable for people in wheelchairs.

Dunedin Botanic Garden

Are you looking for more information on the Dunedin Botanic Garden? This map is a guide to the garden and includes information on accessibility of tracks, suggested walking routes and much more.

You can view more activity maps on the Dunedin City Council website:

• Dunedin playgrounds
  For playground information and pdf maps by suburb see www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/playgrounds
  
  For full online map of Dunedin playgrounds see https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/council-online/webmaps/playgrounds
• Tracks and trails www.dunedin.govt.nz/council-online/webmaps/tracksmap

Dunedin Kindergarten Local Neighbourhood Maps

With the help from the professionals at Sport Otago and HEHA a number of local kindergartens have been able to produce their own neighbourhood physical activity maps. These are filled with ideas of physical activity opportunities in local neighbourhoods. So why not print one off and explore these areas with your children.

Concord Kindergarten (702KB PDF)
Kaikorai Kindergarten (708KB PDF)
Roslyn Kindergarten (654KB PDF)
St Kilda Kindergarten (535KB PDF)

We hope to have more maps to add soon.

 

Videos

Flagstaff Pineapple Swampy Track

 

McGouns Pineapple Track Loop

 

Mt Cargill & Organ Pipes Track

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