Tararua Forest Park

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Description

Tararua Forest Park, often called the Tararuas is a protected area in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its area is 1,150 square kilometres (440 sq mi), and its highest point, a peak called Mitre, is at 1571 m above sea level. It was established in 1954, as New Zealand's first Forest Park, and is managed by the Department of Conservation (DOC) under the Conservation Act. Tararua Forest Park includes more than three-quarters of the Tararua Range, and its boundaries extend north from New Zealand State Highway 2. Shorman's-Kaitoke is a tramping route within the Tararua Forest Park. It starts at Putara in the north-east, near a farm or track previously called Shorman and finishes at Kaitoke in the south. The classic route follows the tops of almost the entire Tararua main range, it is approximately 80 km long with 7000 to 8000 metres of ascent and descent. There is virtually no level ground nor straight sections of track and the whole route is very exposed to the frequent storms that sweep across the Tararuas. An unofficially recognised challenge amongst Wellington trampers is to complete this route in less than two days either supported or self-sufficient. An alternative route follows valleys along a fault line, the surface trace of the Tararua section of the Wellington Fault, to the east of the main range. This stays within the Tararua Forest Park but involves much less ascent and avoids bad weather on the mountaintops.

Trails in the Hikepack map

  • Access to swimming hole
  • Akatarawa Road
  • Alleys Way
  • Arapaepae Lookout Track
  • Arapuke Hill Climb
  • Atiwhakatu Track
  • Baldy Track
  • Barra Track
  • Barton Track
  • Beechwood Lane
  • Blakes Road
  • Blakes Road (unformed)
  • Block XVI Track
  • Boar Bush Gully Road
  • Braddicks Track
  • Bridge Road
  • Brooklyn Road
  • Bull Mound Track
  • Burtton Track (and Te Araroa Trail)
  • Campbell's Mill Road
  • Cannon Point Road
  • Cannon Point Walkway
  • Cannon Point Walkway - Bridge Road Entrance
  • Centre Walk
  • Chamberlain Road
  • Checkpoint Charlie
  • Collies Track
  • Cone Saddle Track
  • Connelly Way
  • Daggs Road
  • Dam Block Track/Te Araroa Trail
  • Dobson Loop Track
  • Dora Track
  • Dora Track (and Tararua Northern Crossing and Te Araroa Trail)
  • Dress Circle Track
  • East Holdsworth Track
  • Evans Road
  • Falloon Setlement Road
  • Fenceline Loop
  • Fenceline track
  • Fields Track
  • Fitzherbert Street
  • Flora McCurdy Walk
  • Footbridge
  • Forest loop
  • Gentle Annie Track
  • Greytown Woodside Trail
  • Haringa Road
  • Hutt River Rail - connecting east and west sides
  • Hutt River Trail
  • Hutt River Trail (east side)
  • Hutt River Trail (east side) Petone to Te Marua
  • Hutt River Trail (west side) Silverstream Bridge to Trentham Bridge
  • Hutt River Trail (west side) Totara Park Bridge to Birchville Bridge
  • Hydro Valley Road
  • Jervois Road
  • Jumbo Holdsworth Circuit
  • Kaitoke Loop Road
  • Kenward Crescent
  • Link Track to Campbell's Mill Road
  • Loop Track
  • Lower Waiohine Track
  • Main North Road
  • Mangaone Walkway
  • Mannings Road
  • Marchant Ridge Track
  • Marchant Road
  • Matahiwi Road
  • Maymorn Road
  • McLennans Road
  • Milne Lane
  • Mitre Track
  • Mount Climie Track
  • Mount Dick Lookout Access Road
  • Mount Holdsworth Track
  • Mount Reeves Track
  • Mt Holdsworth - Jumbo Circuit
  • Neil Forks Hut to Maungahuka Hut
  • Norbert Creek Track
  • Norbert Street
  • Parata Walking Track
  • Path to Duckpond
  • Penn Creek Track and Te Araroa Trail
  • Perhams Road
  • Plateau Road
  • Platinum Mines Loop Track
  • Potts Road
  • Pram Track
  • Pukeatua Track
  • Puketurua Track
  • Putara Road
  • Queen St / Andrews Ln Carpark
  • Railway Road
  • Raingauge Spur Track
  • Remutaka Rail Trail
  • Remutaka Rail Trail - Mangaroa Tunnel
  • Remutaka Rail Trail - Maymorn to Featherston
  • Remutaka Rail Trail - alternative
  • Renata Ridge Track
  • Reservoir Ridge Road
  • Ridge Track
  • Rimutaka Cycle Trail
  • River Access
  • River Ridge Track
  • River Road
  • Sayer's Track
  • Siberian Express Mountain Bike Track
  • Sledge Track
  • State Highway 2
  • Station Drive
  • Swing Bridge
  • Swingbridge
  • Swingbridge Track
  • Tane's Track
  • Tararua Northern Crossing
  • Tararua Northern Crossing and Te Araroa Trail
  • Tararua Southern Crossing
  • Tararua Traverse
  • Tararua Traverse Alternative
  • Taraua Southern Crossing and Te Araroa Trail
  • Tauherenikau Track
  • Te Arapiki o Tawhaki
  • Te Araroa
  • Te Araroa - North Island
  • Te Araroa Trail
  • Te Araroa Trail/Back Track
  • Te Au Track
  • Te Hau Road
  • Tea Creek Road
  • The Long Pathway - Wellington Region
  • Titi Road
  • Toe Toe Loop Track
  • Totara Creek Track
  • Totara Park Drive
  • Totara Park Road
  • Tunnel Gully
  • Upper Hutt to Petone cycle track
  • Upper Plain Road
  • Upper Waingawa Road
  • Valley View Road
  • Via Dela Rosa
  • Waingawa River Track
  • Waiopehu Track and Te Araroa Trail
  • Waiotauru Track
  • Waitewaewae Track and Te Araroa Trail
  • Ward Street
  • Whakatikei Road
  • Whanganui Wellington Tour Aotearoa
  • Whareroa downhill track
  • Yeates Track

Attractions in the Hikepack map

  • 1015
  • 1024
  • 1100
  • 1118
  • 1133
  • 1145
  • 1313
  • 1330
  • 1371
  • 1390
  • 1393
  • 1400
  • 1412
  • 1435
  • 1458
  • 1460
  • 1478
  • 596
  • 646
  • 668
  • 745
  • 754
  • 755
  • 785
  • 815
  • 8410
  • 855
  • 948
  • 970
  • 975
  • Adkin
  • Akatarawa Rd - Birchville Picnic Area
  • Akatarawa Road - Akatarawa Store
  • Akatarawa Road - Brown Owl Shops
  • Akatarawa Road - Harcourt Park
  • Akatarawa Saddle
  • Alpha
  • Alpha Hut
  • Anderson Memorial Hut
  • Angle Knob
  • Ankur Vintel Foodmarket
  • Anzac Hall
  • Aokaparangi
  • Aokaparangi Hut
  • Arapuke Forest Park car park
  • Arapuke Forest Park, Kahuterawa Rd carpark
  • Archey's Lookout
  • Arete
  • Arete Forks Hut
  • Arete Hut
  • Aruwaru
  • Aston
  • Atiwhakatu Hut
  • Atkinson
  • Baldy
  • Bannister
  • Barra Track
  • Barton Track
  • Birchville
  • Birchville Picnic Area Tea Shelter
  • Birchville School, Gemstone Drive
  • Blenheim Street at H2O Xtream
  • Blenheim Street at H2O Xtream (opposite)
  • Blue Range Hut
  • Boielles Flat carpark
  • Boyd - Wilson Knob
  • Brentwood Manor
  • Bridge Peak
  • Bristol Motel
  • Brockett
  • Broken Axe Pinnacles
  • Brown Owl
  • Bruces Hill
  • Bucks Road campsite
  • Bull Mound
  • Burn Hut
  • Bus Replacement Stop (Northbound setdown) Wallaceville Station
  • Butcher Knob
  • California Drive at Baltimore Crescent
  • California Drive at Brightwater Crescent
  • California Drive at Delaware Grove
  • California Drive at Kentucky Street
  • California Drive at Tacoma Drive
  • California Park (near 139)
  • California Redwoods
  • Camp Kilsby
  • Cannon Point
  • Cannon Point Walkway Bridge Road entrance
  • Carkeek
  • Carkeek Hut
  • Cattle Ridge Hut
  • Clouston Park
  • Clouston Park Dairy
  • Cloustonville
  • Concertina Knob
  • Cone
  • Cone Hut
  • Cone Saddle
  • Conical Knob
  • Cornucopia
  • Countdown Maidstone
  • Countdown Upper Hutt
  • Cross Creek Miniature Railway
  • Curry Land
  • Dalefield
  • Deadwood
  • Dennan
  • Dome
  • Dorset Ridge Hut
  • Dowling Falls
  • Dracophyllum Hut
  • Dracophyllum Knob
  • Drive thru parking
  • Dundas Hut
  • Earth Link
  • East Peak
  • Ebdentown
  • Eel Feeding
  • Elder
  • Elder Hut
  • Elderslea
  • Emerald Hill
  • Emerald Hill Terminus - Gemstone Drive
  • Featherston
  • Featherston SuperValue
  • Featherston recycling station
  • Fell Engine Museum
  • Fergusson Dr at Rimutaka Sports Bar
  • Fergusson Drive at Brentwood St
  • Fergusson Drive at Broadway Shops
  • Fergusson Drive at Cruikshank Rd
  • Fergusson Drive at Ebdentown St
  • Fergusson Drive at Fraser Crescent
  • Fergusson Drive at Golders Road
  • Fergusson Drive at Hutt Gables
  • Fergusson Drive at Kashmir Ave (near 1016)
  • Fergusson Drive at Kashmir Ave (near 1025)
  • Fergusson Drive at Merton St
  • Fergusson Drive at Oderings Nursery
  • Fergusson Drive at Radiata Grove
  • Fergusson Drive at Ranfurly Street
  • Fergusson Drive at Refreshment Place
  • Fergusson Drive at Richmond St
  • Fergusson Drive at Vista Crescent
  • Fergusson Rest Home
  • Field Hut
  • Field Peak
  • Footbridge
  • Galaxy Store
  • Gemstone Drive at Beryl Grove
  • Gemstone Drive at Crystal Grove
  • Gemstone Drive at Jasper Grove
  • Girdlestone
  • Golden Room
  • Golder's Cottage
  • Gusto Cafe & Bakery
  • Harsa Dairy
  • Hells Gate
  • Herepai
  • Herepai Hut
  • Holdsworth
  • Holdsworth Lodge
  • Holdsworth Lookout
  • Horowhenua Lookout
  • Hut Mound
  • Hutt River Rail - connecting east and west sides
  • Hutt River Trail
  • Isabelle
  • Jumbo
  • Jumbo Hut
  • Junction Knob
  • Kahiwiroa
  • Kahuterawa Reserve
  • Kaitoke
  • Kaitoke Country Gardens
  • Kaitoke Gardens Cafe
  • Kaitoke Regional Park
  • Kaitoke Regional Park Campground
  • Kaka Circus
  • Kakanui
  • Kapakapanui Hut
  • Karapoti
  • Kelleher
  • Kime Hut
  • Kingsley Heights
  • Kiriwhakapapa campsite
  • Lancaster
  • Leeway Motel and Backpackers
  • Limelight
  • Little India
  • Little Totara
  • Logan
  • Lower Waiohine Track
  • Maclean Street Store
  • Maidstone
  • Mairehau
  • Manakau
  • Mangabhao-Makahika Track Start
  • Mangahao Flats Hut
  • Mangahao White Water Park
  • Mangamaire
  • Mangaore
  • Mangaroa Hill Road
  • Maoribank
  • Marchant
  • Marleyz Cafe & Catering
  • Masterton
  • Matarawa
  • Maungahuka
  • Maungahuka Hut
  • Maunganui
  • Mayfair
  • Maymorn
  • McDonalds carpark
  • McGregor
  • McGregor Bivvy
  • McIntosh
  • Messines
  • Mid King Bivouac
  • Mid Waiohine Hut
  • Middle King
  • Mitre
  • Mitre Falls
  • Mitre Flats Hut
  • Moonshine Forest
  • Mount Barton
  • Mount Crawford
  • Mount Hector
  • Mountain House Shelter
  • Mt Frith
  • Mt Holdsworth
  • Mt Marua
  • Mt Reeves
  • Mārima
  • NABHRA
  • Neill
  • Neill Forks Hut
  • Ngahere Park Lookout
  • Ngamaia
  • Ngāwhakaraua
  • Nichols
  • Nichols Hut
  • Norbert Street Car Park
  • North King
  • North Mangahao Bivouac
  • North Ohau Hut
  • Octorarium
  • Omega
  • Opaki
  • Orange Hut
  • Otaki
  • Otaki Forks campsite
  • Pak'nSave
  • Pakuratahi River
  • Parawai Lodge
  • Peak
  • Peggys Peak
  • Penn Creek Hut
  • Pinnacle
  • Plateau
  • Platinum Mines
  • Poads Road End
  • Poets Block
  • Pohehe
  • Powell Hut
  • Puffer Saddle
  • Pukehou
  • Pukekino
  • Pukematawai
  • Pukemoremore
  • Pukeroa
  • Puketoro
  • Queen Street Car Park
  • Queen Street at Countdown
  • Queen Street at King Street
  • Quoin
  • Ramiha
  • Ranger's office
  • Ratapu
  • Remutaka
  • Remutaka Pass
  • Renall Street
  • Renall Street Store
  • Renata
  • Renata Hut
  • Rivendell
  • River Road Memorial Carpark
  • Riverstone Terraces
  • Roaring Stag Hut
  • Rocky Lookout
  • Romeo
  • Ruapae Falls
  • Ruepae
  • Sass
  • Sayers Hut
  • Scout Camp
  • Shingle Slip Knob
  • Shoulder Knob
  • Simpson
  • Smith Creek Shelter
  • South King
  • South Ohau Hut
  • Station Crescent
  • Stop A (Northbound) Upper Hutt Station
  • Stop B (Southbound) Upper Hutt Station
  • Swimming hole
  • Table Top
  • Takahe
  • Taramea
  • Taraua Southern Crossing and Te Araroa Trail
  • Tarn Ridge Hut
  • Tauherenikau Track
  • Tawera
  • Tawhero
  • Te Marua
  • Te Marua Lakes Lookout
  • Te Matawai Hut
  • The Beehives
  • The Blockhouse
  • The Hawk's Inn Motel
  • The Shelter
  • Thompson
  • Tiki Foodmarket
  • Timberlea
  • Tirotiro Knob
  • Titi
  • Toddlers Summer Pool
  • Toe Toe Junction
  • Totara Creek Track
  • Totara Flats Hut
  • Totara Park
  • Totara Park - Tulsa Park
  • Totara Park Bridge (near 68)
  • Totara Park Road at Clouston Park Road (near 36)
  • Totara Park Road at Clouston Park Road (near 51)
  • Totara Park Road at Fergusson Drive (near 15)
  • Totara Park Road at Fergusson Drive (near 8)
  • Totara Park Shops - California Drive
  • Totara Park Superette (Four Square)
  • Totara Park Thai Food
  • Trentham
  • Trentham Food Centre
  • Trentham School - Fergusson Drive
  • Tuatara
  • Tuiti
  • Tunnel Gully Recreation Area
  • Tutuwai Hut
  • Twins
  • Upper Hutt
  • Upper Hutt - Senior Citizens Club
  • Upper Hutt Central
  • Upper Hutt Squash Club
  • Upper Hutt Station
  • Upper Plain
  • Visitor Car Park
  • Vosseler
  • Waikawa Shelter
  • Waikawa campsite
  • Waingawa
  • Wainui Saddle
  • Waiohine
  • Waiohine Gorge campsite
  • Waiohine Pinnacles
  • Waiohine Shelter
  • Waiopehu Hut
  • Waiotauru Hut
  • Waitewaewae Hut
  • Wakefield Street
  • Walker
  • Wallaceville
  • Wallaceville Foodmarket
  • Wallaceville Station (bus replacement)
  • Wallaceville Station Park and Ride
  • Wellington Naturist Club
  • Wellington's Kiwi Holiday Park
  • West Peak
  • Wild Cafe at Pukaha
  • Wilson Street
  • Wilson Street at Criterion Service Lane
  • Winchcombe Peak
  • Woodside
  • Woodside Station
  • Wright
  • Yatra Indian Restaurant
  • Yeates
  • Yeti's Lookout

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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 ©Rudolph89 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cone_hut.JPG CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).