California Park

Hutt River Trail, Wellington, New Zealand

West bank: Birchville Bridge to Maoribank footbridge.

Easy

Bike and Foot

Proceed along the sealed Bridge Road until it ends with a steep corner up to the Cannon Point Walkway car park. Instead of going up to the car park, take the single track that is straight ahead. You'll soon encounter a couple of large concrete blocks across the track, letting you know that you're going the right way.

After climbing gently for a while, there is a short but quite steep descent through bush. Watch out for the wooden drainage channels, which are at acute angles across the track. The descent ends abruptly when the track emerges into an open grassed area just before the Maoribank footbridge.

Next section of the Hutt River Trail:

Awakairangi Park to the south

Harcourt Park on the opposite bank

Maoribank on the opposite bank to the south

Gemstone and Edmund Lomas Park to the east

Northern end is at the Birchville Bridge.

Southern end is at the Maoribank footbridge.

2.25km

Single track

1 Jan 2010 by Ian

Ian