Frankton Track
An out-and-back mountain bike trail in Otago, New Zealand.
Photo: Andre Chalmers, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 4.9 mi
- round trip
- 2,658 ft
- climb
- Easy
- difficulty
- Gravel
- surface
Frankton Track is an out-and-back mountain bike trail in Otago, New Zealand. It is 2.4 miles each way, 4.9 miles there and back. It runs between about 1,010 ft and 1,120 ft above sea level, with roughly 1,320 ft of climbing one way. It is rated easy for riding (mtb:scale 0): a smooth surface with no particular obstacles. Most of the way is gravel. The nearest town is Queenstown, about 0.7 miles east of the start. Peaks within about 3 miles include Rolands Rock, Queenstown Hill and Peninsula Hill. For camping, Hampshire Holiday Parks - Queenstown Lakeview and Queenstown Holiday Park Creeksyde are within about 6 miles. There are 27 other mapped trails within about 3 miles, so you can combine or extend the outing. Distances, elevations and the trail shape here come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Trail access for bikes, closures and conditions change, so check locally before you ride.
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Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at Frankton Track for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
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