Tuesday 31 January 2023

Wellington Walks on the Web




This blog uses active hyperlinks.  Left click on any link to open it in a new tab. All are active as at 1 February 2023.  Caveat -  All sites tend to change their layouts from time to time and it might be necessary to search for the latest edition.

Creating your own walks

Google Maps and Google Earth are well known resources which enable you to plan and save routes.
 
However, perhaps the most  useful starting point for New Zealanders is Plan My Walk, an app created by the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council.

MapMyWalk and MapMyRun, are Google tools.  You
can view hundreds of existing walk and run routes in the Wellington area without signing up to them.  However, you have to create a separate identity to record your own walks or runs.  Both, see for example MapMyWalk, have free apps for iPhone and Android mobiles.  Both link in with MapMyFitness and other Google tools.  They are free to use for creating routes but not ad free.  However, if you sign up and create a route it can be saved to the site.

A very similar tool, mapOmeter, has similar attributes and has apps for Android and iPhone mobiles but is ad free and is said to have more features.  

All the sites have the advantage that they show the elevation of any climbs on the walk you are planning, although you can also get that from Google Maps or Google Earth and LINZ, an on-screen source of NZ topographical maps, particularly Wellington Map.  Web searches will find other similar tools.

Wellington City Council Web Map gives you access to Wellington City Council maps.


Guides to Walks in the region 
AGuide to Wellington Walks is part of an international site. 
DOC Walking and Tramping is part of the excellent DOC site.  [For Makara Walks also see Meridian site West Wind - wind farm.]  
Freewalks NZ gives information about walks in the wider Wellington region. 
The Greater Wellington Regional Council site, updated in January 2022, gives information about all of its parks and details walks within them.  There is also a link to its old site which gives access to maps not accessible in the current site.
Hutt City Tracks and Trails is what it says.  Hutt Valley NZ  gives links to similar information.
Kapiti CoastDistrict Council gives a link to its 
cycling, walking and bridleway trails
The New Zealand Walking Access Commission has its own site with some information on it that might be of interest.  
The Ngaio and Crofton Downs Residents Association site has information about tracks in its area. 
Outdoors.co.nz has a surprisingly full list of tracks.  
Porirua City Council has information about its walking and biking tracks. 
Tawa Bush Reserves & Walks covers Tawa walks.
The Te Araroa site deals with the national trail.  
Trailforks shows many hiking tracks in the region and NZ
Upper Hutt Walkways links to a booklet of walks in Upper Hutt City. 
Wellington City Council's Walks and Walkways is what it says.  There are also links to guides to numerous places such as Otari and Wilton's Bush. 
WellingtonNZ.com lists sights and activities including walks within the region. 
 Wellington Regional Trails is a collaboration between the region’s district and city councils, the Greater Wellington Regional Council, the Department of Conservation and WellingtonNZ.
Zealandia deals with walks in the Sanctuary.


SOME HIGH POINTS WELLINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA IN METRES
  • ·       Tuteremoana, Kapiti Island – 521
  • ·       Hawkins Hill – 495
  • ·       Colonial Knob – 459 [468 trig nearby]
  • ·       Belmont Hill – 456
  • ·       Mount Kaukau – 445
  • ·       Boulder Hill – 442
  • ·       Makara Hill – 412
  • ·       Johnston Hill - 360
  •     Wrights Hill - 358
  • ·       Tinakori Hill – 303 [Te Ahumairangi]
  • ·       Brooklyn Hill - 299
  • ·       Mount Victoria – 196
  •     Mount Albert – 182
  • ·       Mount Crawford 163
  •     Mount Alfred - 133

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