Pirongia Forest Park

57 Trails 27 POIs 5 Peaks 2 Campsites 1 Viewpoint
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Description

Pirongia Forest Park is a protected area 30 km southwest of Hamilton, New Zealand. It covers 167.7 square kilometres (64.7 sq mi) across four blocks of land - Pirongia (the largest), Te Maunga O Karioi Block, and the small Mangakino Block and Te Rauamoa Block. The park encompasses Mount Pirongia west of Pirongia and Mount Karioi near the coast southwest of Raglan. Waireinga/Bridal Veil Falls Scenic Reserve is also in the area, but is separate to Pirongia Forest Park. The park contains several short walks as well as longer bush tramps leading to the summits of both mountains. Popular walks are the Nikau Track, also suitable for cycling, and a walking track to the Kaniwhaniwha Caves, two small limestone caves. A longer track, following the Bell Track, leads to the tallest kahikatea tree. This 66.5 m tall tree is the tallest recorded native tree in New Zealand. The Bell Track continues to the Mount Pirongia summit, which is also accessible via other tracks.

Trails in the Hikepack map

  • Bell's Track
  • Hiwikiwi Track
  • Link Track
  • Mahaukura Track
  • Nikau Walk
  • O'Shea Road
  • Pond Road
  • Round Track
  • Ruapane Track
  • Tahuanui Track
  • Te Araroa - North Island
  • Tirohanga Track
  • Valder Track
  • Wharauroa Track

Attractions in the Hikepack map

  • Hihikiwi
  • Kaniwhaniwha Caves
  • Kaniwhaniwha Stream Campsite
  • Mount Pirongia
  • Nikau Walk
  • Pahautea Hut
  • Ruapane
  • The Cone
  • Walter Scott Scenic Reserve

Copyright

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Contains data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) under the Open Database License (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/). Topographic map based on elevation data from the U.S. Geological Survey and NASA (SRTM 1 Arc-Second Global). This work is based on/includes LINZ's data (Aerial imagery) which are licensed by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ https://www.linz.govt.nz/) for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This work is based on/includes LINZ's data (NZ Topo 50) which are licensed by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ https://www.linz.govt.nz/) for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Description text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License). Cover image ©Pseudopanax https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Native_bush_in_Pirongia_Forest.jpg Public Domain.