Activities
Waitakere Ranges walking tracks
Below is a list of tracks in the Waitakere Ranges. Click the track names to find out more about the tracks.
- Anawhata:
- Anawhata Beach Track - 1 hour (0.7 km)
Browne Track - < ¼ hour (0.5 km)
Centennial Track - 1 ¼ hours (3 km)
Chateau Mosquito Track - 1 hour (2.3 km)
Cutty Grass Track - 1 ¼ hours (3.6 km)
Hettig Track - < ¼ hour (0.5 km)
Kuataika Track - 2 ¼ hours (5.2 km)
McElwain Lookout Track - < ¼ hour (1 km)
Pole Line Track - < ¼ hour (0.8 km)
RGB Track - 1 hour (2 km)
Ridge Road Track - 1 ½ hours (3 km)
Rose Track - 1 hour (1.2 km)
Simla Track - 1 hour (1.7 km)
Sisam Track - ¾ hour (1.6 km)
Smyth Ridge Track - ¾ hour (2.2 km)
- Arataki Visitor Centre:
- Arataki Nature Trail - < ¼ hour (1.6 km)
Beveridge Track - 1 hour (1.7 km)
Clark Bush Track - 1 ¼ hours (1.8 km)
Exhibition Drive - ¾ hour (3.2 km)
Incline Track - 1 hour (3.2 km)
Parker Track - < ¼ hour (0.14 km)
Rangemore Track - 1 hour (1.8 km)
Slip Track - ½ hour (0.9 km)
Upper Nihotupu Walk - ¾ hour (2.6 km)
- Cascades:
- Anderson Track - ¾ hour (2.3 km)
Auckland City Walk - 1 hour (1.5 km)
Cascade Track - ½ hour (1 km)
Dreamlands Track - < ¼ hour (0.4 km)
East Tunnel Mouth Track - ½ hour (1.2 km)
Fairy Falls Track - 1 ½ hours (3.2 km)
Fence Line Track - 1 hour (4.4 km)
Ferndown Track - ¾ hour (2.2 km)
Filter Track - ¾ hour (0.8 km)
Goodfellow Track - ½ hour (1 km)
Large Kauri Walk - < ¼ hour (0.03 km)
Long Road Track - 1 ½ hours (4.2 km)
Lower Kauri Track - ¾ hour (1.9 km)
Montana Heritage Trail - 4 hours (8 km)
Old Coach Road Track - 1 hour (2.4 km)
Opanuku Pipeline Track - ¾ hour (1.4 km)
Peripatus Track - 1 ½ hours (1.6 km)
Pukematekeo Track - ¾ hour (1.6 km)
Robinson Ridge Track - 1 ¼ hours (2 km)
Sharp Bush Track - < ¼ hour (1.2 km)
Spragg Bush Walk - < ¼ hour (2 km)
Swanson Pipeline Track - 1 ¼ hours (2 km)
Taumata Track - 1 hour (0.9 km)
Upper Kauri Track - 1 ½ hours (3.1 km)
Waitakere Dam Walk - ½ hour (1.4 km)
Waitakere Tramline Walk - ½ hour (1.6 km)
Walker Kauri Track - ½ hour (0.75 km)
West Tunnel Mouth Track - < ¼ hour (0.4 km)
Whatitiri Track - 1 hour (2.9 km)
- Cornwallis:
- Jubilee Walk - 1 ¼ hours (1.8 km)
Kakamatua Beach Walk - < ¼ hour (0.1 km)
Kakamatua Inlet Track - ½ hour (0.2 km)
Monument Track - < ¼ hour (0.2 km)
Orpheus Graves Walk - < ¼ hour (0.05 km)
- Huia:
- Bob Gordon Track - ¾ hour (1.4 km)
Christies Track - 1 ¼ hours (1.8 km)
Con Bryan Track - < ¼ hour (0.3 km)
Crusher Pipe Track - < ¼ hour (0.8 km)
Donald McLean Track - ¾ hour (2.2 km)
Farley Track - 1 ¾ hours (3.2 km)
Fletcher Track - 1 ½ hours (3.1 km)
Goat Hill Track - ½ hour (0.2 km)
Hamilton Track - 1 ½ hours (2.8 km)
Huia Dam Road - 1 ¼ hours (6 km)
Kakamatua Ridge Track - ½ hour (1.2 km)
Karamatura Loop Walk - 1 hour (2.4 km)
Karamatura Track - 1 hour (2 km)
Lower Nihotupu Dam Road - ½ hour (1.3 km)
Manukau Bar View Walk - < ¼ hour (0.2 km)
Manukau Timber Company Heritage Trail - ½ hour (0.9 km)
Mt Donald McLean Walk - ½ hour (0.5 km)
Nihotupu Ridge Track - 2 ¼ hours (4.2 km)
Nugget Track - 1 hour (2 km)
Panto Track - 1 ¼ hours (3.1 km)
Parau Track - 3 ¾ hours (6.2 km)
Pipeline Road - ½ hour (2 km)
Pipeline Track - ½ hour (0.9 km)
Puriri Ridge Track - ¾ hour (2 km)
Smiths Road - ½ hour (1.4 km)
Summit Track - 1 ¾ hours (2.6 km)
Tom Thumb By-Pass Track - ¼ hour (0.6 km)
Tom Thumb Track - ¾ hour (1.6 km)
Twin Peaks Track - 2 ½ hours (3 km)
Upper Huia Dam Track - 1 ½ hours (4 km)
Walker Ridge Track - 1 ½ hours (2.8 km)
Zig-Zag Track - ½ hour (1.2 km)
- Karekare:
- Ahu Ahu Track - 1 hour (2.2 km)
Buck Taylor Track - ¾ hour (1.8 km)
Cave Rock Track - ¾ hour (0.25 km)
Comans Track - 1 hour (1.4 km)
La Trobe Track - 1 ½ hours (3 km)
Mercer Bay Loop Walk - 1 hour (1.4 km)
Odlin Timber Track - 2 hours (2.8 km)
Pohutukawa Glade Walk - < ¼ hour (0.5 km)
Taraire Track - ½ hour (0.9 km)
Zion Hill Track - 1.3 hours (3.6 km)
Zion Ridge Track - ¾ hour (1.4 km)
- Muriwai:
- Edwin Mitchelson Track - ½ hour (1.1 km)
Lookout Track - ½ hour (0.7 km)
Maukatia/Maori Bay Track - < ¼ hour (0.2 km)
Quarry Track - ¼ hour (0.45 km)
Takapu Refuge Walk - ½ hour (0.8 km)
- Piha:
- Arthur Mead Track - < ¼ hour (0.6 km)
Byers Walk - ¼ hour (0.4 km)
Connect Track - < ¼ hour (0.3 km)
Cowan Track - < ¼ hour (0.2 km)
Forbes Track - ¾ hour (1.1 km)
Home Track - 1 ½ hours (3.8 km)
Horoeka Track - ½ hour (1.4 km)
Huia Ridge Track - 2 ¾ hours (6 km)
Ian Wells Track - 1 hour (2.4 km)
Kauri Grove Track - 1 ¼ hours (3 km)
Kitekite Track - ¾ hour (1.8 km)
Laird Thomson Track - ½ hour (0.6 km)
Lion Rock Track - ½ hour (0.11 km)
Lucy Cranwell Track - ½ hour (1 km)
Marguerite Track - 1 ½ hours (2.3 km)
Maungaroa Lookout Track - 1 hour (2.5 km)
Maungaroa Ridge Track - ¾ hour (2.2 km)
McKenzie Track - ¾ hour (1.1 km)
Piha Valley Track - 1 ½ hours (2.2 km)
Quarry Track - ½ hour (1.1 km)
Tasman Lookout Track - ¾ hour (0.6 km)
White Track - 1 hour (1.9 km)
Winstone Track - 1 hour (2 km)
- Te Henga - Bethells:
- Goldie Bush Walkway - 1 hour (4.5 km)
Houghton Track - 1 hour (2.1 km)
Lake Wainamu Track - 1 ¼ hours (4 km)
Mokoroa Falls Track - ½ hour (1.4 km)
Mokoroa Stream Track - 1 hour (2.3 km)
Te Henga Walkway - 4 hours (8 km)
Wainamu Bush Track - 2 hours (2 km)
Waitoru Reserve Track - ¾ hour (1 km)
- Whatipu:
- Destruction Gully Track - ¾ hour (1.2 km)
Gibbons Track - 2 hours (3.2 km)
Kura Track - 1 ¾ hours (3.6 km)
Muir Track - ¾ hour (1.2 km)
Omanawanui Track - 2 ¼ hours (3 km)
Pararaha Valley Track - ½ hour (1.1 km)
Signal House Track - < ¼ hour (0.4 km)
Whatipu Caves Track - ½ hour (1.5 km)
Whatipu Coast Walk - < ¼ hour ( km)