Hiking route
Central Rail Trail
151.8 km· ↗ 881 m· unpaved· National route
Otago Central branch started 1879 with 215 km done in 1907 by hardy souls using pick, shovel, dynamite, horse and cart: it transported supplies, wool and livestock. Road transport caused closure by 1990. Within 10 years a Rail Trail was started.
Clyde → Middlemarch
Surface
- unpaved — 142.8 km (94%)
- gravel — 7.3 km (5%)
- other — 1 km (1%)
- not recorded — 1 km (1%)
Surface data comes from OpenStreetMap tags on the route's ways.
Who is allowed
- Bicycle: allowed
- On foot: allowed
Access data comes from OpenStreetMap tags on the route's ways. It does not replace signs on the ground.
Trail geometry and data come from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Check them on the ground: waymarking can go out of date.