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Hector's Walkway (622)

walk · bike · 377 m · Timaru

From the air

aerial view of Hector's Walkway and the ground around it
From the air, Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

The line it runs

It runs about 146 km south-west of the central city, in Timaru, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional track.

Runs from Waimataitai Beach to Caroline Bay, the named ground at each end of the drawn line.

The layer files it as a leg of the Hector's Coastal Track trail.

Mobility access: Yes, marked as mobility-accessible in the layer

Dogs: allowed off leash

The lines it meets

Other open lines whose drawn course comes within 40 m of this one, the layer splits one trail into many features, so a line it touches is often the same walk’s next leg.

The green it crosses

Parks and reserves whose drawn outline the line enters, measured against the line itself, not a buffer around it.

Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, the walking, bike, horse and off-road track layers · refreshed 15 October 2026. The layer names TDC Parks as the track’s keeper.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

How long is Hector's Walkway?

377 m of drawn line.

What can you do on Hector's Walkway?

The layers open it to walking, biking.

Where does Hector's Walkway run?

Timaru, about 146 km south-west of the central city.

Are dogs allowed on Hector's Walkway?

allowed off leash, as the layer tags it.

Who looks after Hector's Walkway?

TDC Parks, as the layer names the keeper.

Where does this record come from?

Environment Canterbury’s open track layers, the walking, bike, horse and off-road layers read together.