Swampy Summit Track
- 1.8 mi
- round trip
- 968 ft
- climb
- 2,152 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Swampy Summit Track is an out-and-back trail, 1.8 miles each way (3.7 miles round trip) in Otago, New Zealand. It runs between about 1,750 ft and 2,150 ft above sea level, with roughly 410 ft of climbing one way. The nearest town is Dunedin, about 3.4 miles north of the trailhead. Peaks within about 3 miles include Flagstaff and Swampy Summit. Nichols waterfall is within about 3 miles. For camping, Leith Valley Touring Park and MYHUB Holiday Parks Dunedin are within about 6 miles. There are 28 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.
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Photo: Photo taken by James Dignan, Grutness at English Wikipedia, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)Flagstaff
~1 min drive
Nichols waterfall
~1 min drive
Ben Rudds Hut
~1 min drive
Nichols Falls Track
~2 min drive
Photo: Christopher Wood, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)MYHUB Holiday Parks Dunedin
~5 min drive
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at Swampy Summit Track for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
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