Distance: 4.8 km (2.5 DOC hours) - Tramping track
Altitude: 0m to 35m. Gain: 56m. Loss: 56m . Gradient: 1 deg
Skills:

Tramping track (4/9)
Cut, marked tramping track: natural, rough ground surface

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
Not specified

Unknown (difficulty: 0/5)
Not specified

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

This coastal walk passes many remnants of human activity – boatsheds and baches near Rangitoto Wharf, old quarry sites, ruins of wartime storage bases for mines, and Yankee Wharf built during World War II. Islington Bay is popular for swimming, picnicking, and as a yacht anchorage.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

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