Cannons Head
Name
Cannons Head
Location
Belmont Regional Park, Wellington, New Zealand
Overview
Farm track connection from Dress Circle to Duck Creek.
Grade
Intermediate
Access
Bike and Foot
Description
This is a quick way to drop from the Belmont Regional Park hill tops down towards Porirua. Alternatively, this is a demanding climb.
From the intersection with Dress Circle, the first section is a gentle cruise along a grassy farm track. After abruptly dropping down a very steep (28%) grassy slope to a gate, the track continues down the hill along a sheep track before opening out to a rocky farm road under the transmission lines. This road will take you down to an intersection, where you have a choice of continuing along the gravel road (which is Duck Creek) or head up the hill opposite via Maara Roa.
Getting there
Top end branches off Dress Circle about 0.9km from the Cannons Head summit, or about 0.6km from Round Knob, at a sign that says "Cannons Creek".
The bottom end is on Duck Creek, almost opposite the end of Maara Roa.
Length
1.44km
Conditions
Double track
Last modified
17 Jan 2010 by Ian
Created by
Ian
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