Mt Richmond Forest Park access
Introduction
Check which access roads into Mt Richmond Forest Park are open or closed.Note:
- Roads may close at any time due to fire danger.
Access |
Road name |
Open/closed |
|---|---|---|
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Access from the Northbank Road |
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| Mt Riley – Mt Sunday Track | Briggs Road and Davies Road | Closed |
| Wakamarina Track | Kiwi Road via Onamalutu to carpark | Closed |
| Kiwi Road car park via Bartlett’s Creek Road | Closed | |
| Quartz Creek Mt Royal Route | Bartlett’s Creek Road | Closed |
| Pine Valley, Mill Flat and Fishtail Route | Pine Valley Road | Open |
| Timms Creek Track to Mt Fell Hut | Te Rou Road | Open |
| Riverside Walk/Forks Walk | Top Valley Road to Staircase Stream | Closed |
| Riverside Walk/Forks Walk | Top Valley Rd from Staircase Stream to Jubilee Flat and Forks Car Park | Closed |
| Forks Walk | Jubilee Flat to Forks Car Park | Closed |
| Mt Richmond Track | Jacksons Creek Road | Closed |
| Lake Chalice/Mt Patriarch | Staircase Road | Closed |
| Goulter Alpine Route | Goulter Road | Closed |
| Storeys Creek DOC land | Storeys Creek Road | Open |
| Outward Bound access to Mt Richmond Forest Park | ||
| Mt Richmond Forest Park | Tapps Road (Wakamarina) | Closed |
| Bowens Road | Closed | |
| Access through OneFortyOne New Zealand Ltd managed forests to recreational areas: Whangamoa areas | ||
| Mt Duppa | Hippolite Road/Bladebone Road | Closed |
| Other access roads | ||
| *Central Road- Hira Forest (Access to Doubles Track) | Central Road via Maitai Valley only | Closed |
| *Sharlands Creek-Hira Forest | Sharlands Creek Road | Closed |
| * A forest owner access permit is required for mountain bikers and motor cyclists to go beyond the public access easement for Central Road and Sharlands Road. | ||
| Roding River Waterworks Reserve and Copper Mine | Aniseed Valley Road – NCC Waterworks Reserve | Closed |
| Ben Nevis | via Old Mill Rd-follow signs to Boundary Road | Open - 4WD |
| Left Branch Wairoa | Left Branch Road - walking access only through private land from locked gate approx 4km to bush edge. No access to side tracks without permission from owners. | Open |
| Inwoods Lookout via Wai-iti Road | Wai-iti Road | Closed |
| Motueka Gorge | Blue Glen Rd/Kings Ridge | Open |
| Beeby’s Knob | 4WD access – high clearance vehicles only | Open 1 December - 30 April Note: Vehicle permit needed from Rotoiti/Nelson Lakes Visitor Centre |
| Walking and mountain bike access | Open all year round | |
| Wilsons Havelock | Wilsons Road (Takorika access) | Closed |
| Walking and Mountain bike access | Closed | |