Nelson Lakes National Park
143 Trails
878 POIs
64 Peaks
18 Campsites
8 Picnic Sites
8 Viewpoints
Description
Nelson Lakes National Park was formed in 1956 and covers some 1,019 square kilometres (393 sq mi). It is centered at two large lakes, Rotoiti and Rotoroa. The park also includes surrounding valleys (including Travers, Sabine, and D'Urville, upper reaches of the Matakitaki) and mountain ranges (Saint Arnaud Range, Mount Robert). The park is a popular area for camping, tramping and fishing. The park is administered by the Department of Conservation who operate a Visitors Centre in Saint Arnaud that provides up to date and reliable information on all aspects of the National Park. The main access point to Nelson Lakes National Park is at Lake Rotoiti and the village of Saint Arnaud, on Highway 63, about 100 kilometres from both Nelson and Blenheim. A secondary access point is at Lake Rotoroa, turning off New Zealand State Highway 6 at Gowanbridge. Shuttle services operate between St Arnaud, Nelson, Blenheim and Picton. The main campgrounds are on the shores of Lake Rotoiti, there is a smaller campground at Lake Rotoroa. There is a network of tramping tracks throughout the park. Tracks range from short nature walks at Lake Rotoiti and Lake Rotorua, to multi-day backcountry tramps. Day tramps include the Lake Rotoiti circuit, St. Arnaud Range and Mt. Robert. The most popular long-distance tramping routes are the Travers-Sabine Circuit and other loops through Lake Angelus. The skifield on Mt. Robert is no longer operational. Rainbow Ski Area is located on the eastern side of the St Arnaud range, just outside the park. Other activities include mountaineering, boating and fishing, and mountain biking. See the DOC web site for more information.
Trails in the Hikepack map
- (low water track only)
- (route only - unmarked)
- Anglers Walk
- Ariki Falls Walk
- Bellbird Walk
- Big Bush
- Big Bush Track
- Black Hill Walk
- Black Valley Walk
- Blue Lake Track
- Braeburn Walk
- Bush walk
- Cascade Track
- Cupola Track
- D'Urville - Sabine Track
- D'Urville Track
- Duck Down
- Flower Brothers Walk
- Flying Moa
- Gibbs Walk
- Golden Downs Trail
- Honeydew Track
- Hopeless Track
- Jamieson Ridge Track
- Kawatiri Walkway
- Kākā Track
- Lake Daniell track
- Lake Rotoroa Route
- Lakehead Track
- Lakeside Track
- Lees Creek Track
- Lewis Tops Track
- Loop Track
- Lower Travers Valley Track
- Moki Track
- Mole Saddle - Tiraumea Track
- Mole Track
- Moraine Walk
- Moss Pass Route
- Mount Robert Circuit
- Mt Cedric Route;Mt Cedric Track
- Mt Cedric Track
- Mt Misery Route
- Nelson Lakes Greymouth Tour Aotearoa
- Paddy's Track
- Peninsula Nature Walk
- Picton ferry to Nelson Lakes Tour Aotearoa
- Pinchgut Track
- Porika Road
- Rattler Rim
- Robert Ridge Route
- Rocky Horror
- Rotoiti St Track
- Rotoroa Nature Walk
- Rough Creek Track
- Sabine - Speargrass Track
- Sabine Track
- Saint James Walkway
- Sidewinder
- Skating Pond Loop
- Skyline Walk Murchison (DOC)
- Sluice Box bridge
- Speargrass - Angelus Route
- Speargrass Track
- St Arnaud Range Track
- St James Walkway
- Summit Road
- Sunset Saddle Route
- Te Araroa South Island
- Teetotal Road
- The Rainbow Trail
- Tiraumea Track
- Travers Saddle Track
- Troll Bridge
- Upper Travers Track
- Village Link
- Waiau Pass Route
- Waiau Pass Track
- Willowgrove Walk
Attractions in the Hikepack map
- Ada Pass
- Ada Pass Hut
- Alpine Lodge
- Angelus Hut
- Angelus Hut Campsite
- Ariki Falls
- Baldy
- Beechwoods Cafe
- Begley Saddle
- Belvedere Peak
- Black Hill
- Blue Lake Hut
- Blue Rock
- Bobs Hut
- Boundary Road
- Buller canyon jet boating and natural flames
- Bushedge Shelter
- Bushline Hut
- Camp site (tents only)
- Camp spot
- Cannibal Gorge Hut
- Caroline Creek Bivvy
- Cascade Track
- Christopher Hut
- Clarence Pass
- Coldwater Hut
- Connors Creek Hut
- Cotterell Peak
- Crag
- Cupola Hut
- D'Urville Hut
- DOC car park shelter
- Devils Knob
- Downie
- Duessa Peak
- East Kerr Bay Slipway
- East Matakitaki Hut
- Enid Peak
- Faerie Queene
- Five Mile Creek Falls
- Four Square
- Freedom Camping
- Fyfe Peak
- George Lyon Hut
- Gloriana Peak
- Granite Pinnacle
- Hampden Hotel
- Hopeless Hut
- ISite Murchison
- Jetty
- John Tait Hut
- Julius Summit
- Kawatiri DOC campground
- Kawatiri Walkway
- Kea Hut
- Kehu Peak
- Kerr Bay Campground
- Lake Daniell track
- Lake Rotoiti Slipway
- Lake Rotoroa
- Lakehead Hut
- Lakehead Hut Wharf
- Lakehead Track
- Lees Creek Track
- Lewis Pass
- Lewis Pass Motels
- Lower Travers Valley Track
- Mailman
- Maniniaro / Angelus Peak
- Manson Nicholls Memorial Hut
- Marble Hill
- Marble Hill campsite
- Maruia Falls
- Maruia Springs Thermal Resort
- Mataki Motel
- Matakitaki Skyline Track
- Mole Hut
- Mole Tops
- Morgan Hut
- Moss Pass Route
- Motor Cafe
- Mount Baring
- Mount Burn
- Mount Cedric
- Mount Cotton
- Mount Cupola
- Mount Dorothy
- Mount Ella
- Mount Franklin
- Mount Freyberg
- Mount Hopeless
- Mount Humboldt
- Mount Hutton
- Mount Magdalene
- Mount Mahanga
- Mount Maling
- Mount Mantell
- Mount McKay
- Mount McRae
- Mount Misery
- Mount Mueller
- Mount Paske
- Mount Princess
- Mount Rutland
- Mount Travers
- Mount Una
- Mount Watson
- Mount Windward
- Mt Misery Hut
- Murchison
- Murchison Motel
- Murchison Motorhome Park
- Murchison free self contained Motorhome park
- Murty
- O'Rourke
- Old Man of the Buller
- Owen River Recreation Reserve
- Parachute Rocks
- Penman Motel
- Pourangahau / Mount Robert
- Rainbow Cafe
- Rainbow Pass
- Reid's Store Cafe
- Relax Shelter
- Rivers Cafe
- Riverview Holiday Park
- Rotoiti/Nelson Lakes Visitor Centre
- Rotoroa
- Sabine - Speargrass Track
- Sabine Hut
- Sabine Track
- Saint Arnaud
- Saint Arnaud Ridge
- Saint James Walkway
- Shenandoah Saddle
- Sluice Box bridge
- Speargrass Hut
- Speargrass Track
- Sphinx
- Springs Junction
- St James Walkway
- St Ronans Well
- Sunset Saddle
- Supermarket & Food Court
- Sutton
- The Camel
- The Cow Shed Restaurant
- Thompson Pass
- Three Tarn Pass
- Tiraumea Hut
- Travers Falls
- Travers Saddle
- Travers Saddle Track
- Troll Bridge
- Tutaki
- Upper D'Urville Hut
- Upper Travers Hut
- Waiau hut
- West Bank Road
- West Bay Campground
- West Sabine Hut
- Whisky Falls
- Zampa
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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 (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 ©Zoharby https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panoramic_view_of_Lake_Rotoiti.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).
