Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve

16 Trails 27 POIs 1 Peak 5 Campsites 1 Picnic Site
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Description

The Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve is a 769-hectare (1,900-acre) forest reserve in the Canterbury region in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located near the Rangitata River and is in the foothills of the Southern Alps. The park is managed by the Department of Conservation as a scenic reserve, not a forest park. Tramping is a popular activity in the park. There are several short walks, tramps, and one longer route that leads to the summit of Little Mount Peel. The forest is also home to many birds including kererū, fantail (pīwakawaka), and tomtit (miromiro).

Trails in the Hikepack map

  • Acland Falls Track
  • Allans Track
  • Big Tree Walk
  • Deep Spur Track
  • Deer Spur
  • Emily Falls Track
  • Fern Walk
  • Kahikatea Track
  • Rata Falls Track
  • Reta Falls Track
  • South Ridge Route
  • South Ridge Track
  • The Fern Walk

Attractions in the Hikepack map

  • Acland Falls
  • Big Tree
  • Clarks Flat
  • Emily Falls
  • Little Mount Peel/Huatekerekere
  • Peel Forest
  • Peel Forest Camp DoC
  • Peel Forest General Store
  • Rata Falls
  • Tristram Harper Memorial Shelter

Copyright

The PDF and JPG maps are released by Hikepack under the Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
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 50/250) 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 ©Tainter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_Mt_Peel_from_Little_Mt_Peel_NZ.JPG CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).