Griffin Creek track in Westland District

Griffin Creek track in Westland District is an unpaved path. The road has a width of 1 m. The path is a hiking trail. The marking of the trail is bad. It runs in a north-south direction starting from Ōtira Highway and ends in a cul-de-sac.

Bicycle: no
Road Type: path
Wheelchair Access: no
Route: north-south

Tourist information offices

Don't take the track through the bushes unless you want to take the muddy route – approx. 13,4 km.
Historic Kumara Swimming Baths – approx. 22,2 km.
Greenstone and Kumara goldfields – approx. 22,4 km.
King Dick's Pub – approx. 22,5 km.
Richard John Seddon – approx. 22,5 km.

Parking

Mount Brown Hut Track Car Park (surface) – approx. 19,6 km.
Styx Track Car Park (surface) – approx. 21,3 km.

Hostel

Rata Lodge – approx. 16,1 km.

Guest house

The Undertakers Backpackers at Seddon Street 84 – approx. 22,9 km.

Attraction

Cesspool Swing Bridge – approx. 14,0 km.
Karamea reservoir – approx. 18,3 km.
Aqueduct – approx. 19,6 km.
Londonderry Rock 3000 tons – approx. 21,2 km.
Derelict dredge – approx. 21,7 km.

Gallery

John Burns Gallery of Modern Art – approx. 15,8 km.

Stations

Otira – approx. 15,8 km.

Caravan site

Kumara Power Station Self-contained site (caravans allowed) – approx. 22,1 km.

Campsite

Trappers Rest – approx. 11,8 km.
Hans Bay - Lake Kaniere Campsite (tents allowed, caravans allowed). This is a large, grassy lake-front campsite beside beautiful Lake Kaniere. Fish from the jetty, boat or swim in the lake. – approx. 18,7 km.

Picnic site

Trappers Rest – approx. 11,9 km.
Sunny Bight picnic area – approx. 20,7 km.

Viewpoint

Ōtira Viaduct Lookout at Deaths Corner – approx. 18,7 km.
Dorothy creek – approx. 19,1 km.

Platforms

Otira – approx. 15,8 km.

Restaurants

Theatre Royal (opening hours: Fri–Sat 11–22; Sun–Thu 11–20) – approx. 22,9 km.

Roads nearby

(track overgrown in places)

(track overgrown)

Rocky Creek Track

Newton Creek track

Taipo Valley Track

Julia Hut (Old)

Arahua Pack Track

Cesspool Swing Bridge, The Cesspool, Don't take the track through the bushes unless you want to take the muddy route

Body of waters nearby

Buildings nearby

Inchbonnie Powerhouse

Ridges nearby

Tara Tama Range

Razorback Ridge

Hohonu Range / Ōhonu

Rivers nearby

Big Wainihinihi River

Taramakau River

Streams nearby

Harringtons Creek

Rangiriri Creek

Rubieslaw Creek

Ōrangipuku River

Valleies nearby

Wilderness huts nearby

Griffin Creek Hut

Rocky Creek Hut

Scottys Bivouac

Top Olderog Bivouac

Newton Creek Hut

Dunns Creek Hut

Lower Olderog Bivouac