Old Coach Road Track, Waitakere Ranges
Waitakere Ranges Regional Park
- 35 min one way
- Easy/medium
- Scenic Drive to Tawari Road: 12 minutes
- Tawari Road to Goodfellow Track: 8 minutes
- Goodfellow Track to Mountain Road: 15 minutes
- Goodfellow Track sidles between Old Coach Road Track and Fairy Falls Track. 30 minutes.
- Fairy Falls Track closes the loop, meeting at the Scenic Drive and Mountain Road car parks.
This track follows the course of the original coach road near what is now Mountain Road.
A pleasant bushwalk in itself, link it up with the Fairy Falls or Goodfellow Tracks to form a circuit.
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Walking time
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35 min |
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Distance
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2.4km |
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Type
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One way
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Grade
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Easy/medium
Slippery and muddy in places. Grades explained
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Bookings
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No bookings — open access
No — open access
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Starts
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Fairy Falls car park, Scenic Drive, Waitakere Ranges |
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Ends
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Fairy Falls car park, Mountain Road, Waitakere Ranges |
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Maps
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NZTopo50-BA31
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Altitude
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197m
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371m
Altitude change 174m
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This track sets off from the large Fairy Falls car park on Scenic Drive, heading to the smaller Fairy Falls car park on Mountain Road. It can also be accessed from the end of Tawari Road.
The track climbs by the roadside over clay before descending gently under kanuka and dropping out onto Scenic Drive. Follow the roadside to the next bend, where a discreet sign leads back into the forest. This track leads through to the nearby Tawari Road end.
From Tawari Road, the track drops easily on a slippery and muddy track through a forest of rimu, palms, ponga, kanuka, and the odd kauri. The track passes the backs of houses and the end of the Goodfellow Track. It drops onto a shingle road briefly then becomes a wide old road before arriving at the car park.