Nearby | Big River - Rainy Creek route

Big River - Inangahua Track

Track • 2 – 3 days. Medium. Loop with brief road section. • Distance: less than 100m away

Faded gold miners' trails into the remains of the Big River gold town, past old stamper batteries, rails, mines and ... More ▶︎

Big River Hut on a wet day Oct 2007

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

This photo was taken after walking through from Waiuta on the old miners track one wet day. I've also gained access ... More ▶︎

Big River Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 35. • Distance: less than 100m away

The Big River Mine operated from 1882 to 1942. This hut is surrounded by relics of the mining era, and ... More ▶︎

Big River Track

GPX file • Distance: less than 100m away

Easy trail into Big River Hut. More ▶︎

Big River Track

Track • 1 day. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: less than 100m away

Following the line of the old road from Waiuta to Big River, this is an easy forest walk between goldmining ... More ▶︎

Big River Dam

Track • Easy/medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: less than 100m away

Short route from the Big River goldmining town site up to the old dam in open tussock flats. More ▶︎

Big River Dam

GPX file • Distance: less than 100m away

Short walk from Big River Hut to the old goldmining dam. More ▶︎

Big River Huts April 2012

Photograph • Distance: 125m away

This picture shows a now derelict miners cottage with an equally derelict "singlemans" hut tacked on the end of it. ... More ▶︎

Rooney's Cottage & Hut

Hut • Shelter (DOC). • Distance: 128m away

Miners' accomodation associated with the Big River Mine. The cottage and attached "single-man's hut" are derelict. More ▶︎

Big River Mine

GPX file • Distance: 152m away

This walk from Big River Hut explores the area's mining history. More ▶︎

Big River Hut

Photograph • Distance: 292m away

Frosty June morning. More ▶︎

Pakihi near Big River Hut

Photograph • Distance: 694m away

Looking eastward across the Inangahua River. More ▶︎

Big River Winding Plant

Photograph • Distance: 1.0km away

The new engine house sits over the top of the original winding plant boiler. More ▶︎

Big River Winding Plant

Photograph • Distance: 1.0km away

This winding plant moved miners and gear up and down the 602m Big River shaft. More ▶︎

Big River Poppet Head

Photograph • Distance: 1.1km away

One of only two left in the country. More ▶︎

Big River

Photograph • Distance: 1.3km away

Frosty June morning on the way to the old dam site. More ▶︎

Inangahua River

Track • Easy. Return via road or riverbed. • Distance: 1.7km away

Short loop following the remains of the Progress water race along the Inangahua river to Deep Creek, returning via the ... More ▶︎

Big River

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

Sunrise on a frosty June morning at the dam site. More ▶︎

Golden Lead Battery May 2018

Photograph • Distance: 3.1km away

This historic battery for crushing gold bearing rock was restored in 2008. It can be walked to from SH7 adjacent ... More ▶︎

Miners track near the old Inkerman West Gold Mine

Photograph • Distance: 3.3km away

This pic shows a section of the old miners track that leaves the Big River Road at c. NZTM2000 E1508454 ... More ▶︎

Forest

Photograph • Distance: 4.8km away

Big River Track, Victoria Forest Park. More ▶︎

Forest

Photograph • Distance: 4.8km away

Big River Track, Victoria Forest Park. More ▶︎

Kirwans Track

GPX file • Distance: 5.4km away

2-3 day circuit visiting Kirwans Hill, and the Lord Brassey Stamper Battery. More ▶︎

Inglewood Mine Relics June 2011

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

This photo shows the old boiler & winding drum at the Inglewood Gold Mine site. This quartz mine was established ... More ▶︎

Montgomerie hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 6.2km away

This hut is located at the junction of the Montgomerie and Waitahu Rivers. There is 4x4 or mountain bike access ... More ▶︎

Kirwans Track

Track • 2 – 3 days. Easy/medium. Loop track. • Distance: 6.2km away

This classic circuit explore Reefton's gold history, starting from the site of the Capleston gold town and leading up to ... More ▶︎

Montgomerie hut July 2009

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away

A hut with 4x4 or mountain bike access situated at the junction of the Waitahu and Montgomerie Rivers. This hut ... More ▶︎

Green Hut April 2019

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away

This photo shows the semi derelict Green Hut at Slab Hut Creek just downstream from Commissioners Flat in the Reefton ... More ▶︎

Reefton

Place • Place. • Distance: 8.8km away

A small gold and coal mining town on the West Coast of the South Island inland from Greymouth. Many walking ... More ▶︎

Sawmill relics off Kirwans Track

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away

There are the remains of an old sawmill in the headwaters of Boatmans Creek. This sawmill commenced operating in 1933 ... More ▶︎