Bottle Lake Blue Tracks : Christchurch City Council

Bottle Lake Forest Park is an exotic pine forest of approximately 800 hectares. It is a lovely place for a walk on a hot or windy day as the tracks are almost all entirely in the shade.

COVID-19 update on parks and tracks

All parks and tracks are open under alert level 2. To help keep everyone well, please continue to maintain a 2 metre distance from other people when you’re out and about and please wash your hands before and after using equipment in our parks and gardens.

The following are all open:

All parks and gardens
Public toilets
Playgrounds, play equipment or exercise equipment in parks
Visitor and information centres
Dog parks
The Botanic Gardens
Boat ramps and wharves
Cemeteries

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Blue Track

Start: Bottle Lake Forest car park, Waitikiri Drive, Parklands.

Finish: Same as the starting point.

Distance: 11.4km.

Time: 1.5 - 2 hours return.

Toilets: Located at Bottle Lake Forest car park.

Dogs: Can be exercised off the leash throughout Bottle Lake Forest.

Description:

The entrance point is clearly marked and begins about 200 metres from the main car park.

A map can be obtained from the Bottle Lake Forest Information Centre or any council service centre. It is recommended that walkers carry one as it is easy to get disorientated in this forest. The roads are organised alphabetically with Apple Road being the closest to the Bottle Lake headquarters and Zulu Road being the furthest away.

Blue Coastal Track

Start: 200 m from Bottle Lake Forest car park

Finish: Blue Track

Distance: 4.7 km

Time: 50 minutes

Toilets: Bottle Lake Forest car park

Dogs: Under effective control

Description:

This track diverges from the Blue Track almost immediately after leaving the car park. Walk out towards the coast and around around the landfill site before rejoining the Blue Track after 4.7 km.

There are a number of walks that can be created using a mix of the dedicated walking tracks and shared use roads that are set out in a grid pattern for way-finding.

A map is available from the Bottle Lake Forest Information Centre, it is recommended to carry one to prevent disorientation.

Map Listing