Otago · Hiking

Little Coal Creek Track

0.5 mi
round trip: 773 ft
climb: 1,257 ft
high point: Out and back
route

Little Coal Creek Track is an out-and-back trail, 0.5 miles each way (1.1 miles round trip) in Otago, New Zealand. It runs between about 570 ft and 1,260 ft above sea level, with roughly 690 ft of climbing one way. The nearest town is Dunedin, about 6.5 miles northwest of the trailhead. Peaks within about 3 miles include Swampy Summit, Powder Hill and White Hill Cairn. Leishman Falls is within about 3 miles. For camping, Leith Valley Touring Park and MYHUB Holiday Parks Dunedin are within about 6 miles. There are 24 other mapped trails within about 3 miles, so you can combine or extend the outing. Distances, elevations and the route shape here come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Trails, access rules and conditions change, so check locally before you go.

Nearby · Sullivans Dam · Powder Ridge Track · Chalkies Track

Keep exploring — more trails worth the drive

Photo: (c) Steve Kerr, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Sullivans Dam

~7 min drive

A 0.9-mile loop in Otago, New Zealand.

Powder Ridge Track

~1 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 3.1 miles each way (6.2 miles round trip) in Otago, New Zealand.

Chalkies Track

~3 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 1.2 miles each way (2.3 miles round trip) in Otago, New Zealand.

Leishmans Track

~4 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 1.1 miles each way (2.3 miles round trip) in Otago, New Zealand.

Steve Amies Track

~1 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 1.7 miles each way (3.4 miles round trip) in Otago, New Zealand.

McRaes Weir Track

~2 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 0.8 miles each way (1.5 miles round trip) in Otago, New Zealand.

North Coal Creek Track

~1 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 1.0 miles each way (2.0 miles round trip) in Otago, New Zealand.

Rustlers Ridge Track

~3 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 2.2 miles each way (4.4 miles round trip) in Otago, New Zealand.

Rain Gauge Spur Track

~2 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 1.6 miles each way (3.2 miles round trip) in Otago, New Zealand.

Silver Stream Water Race Walkway

~3 min drive

An out-and-back trail, 0.3 miles each way (0.7 miles round trip) in Otago, New Zealand.

Also worth it near here

Leishman Falls

~4 min drive

Ben Rudds Hut

~5 min drive

Photo: Photo taken by James Dignan, Grutness at English Wikipedia, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)

Flagstaff

~5 min drive

Nichols Falls Track

~7 min drive

Photo: Christopher Wood, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

MYHUB Holiday Parks Dunedin

~10 min drive

Conditions and forecast

Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at Little Coal Creek Track for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.