# Hector's Walk Track

walk · bike · 244 m · Timaru

https://www.chch.live/track/walk-650-hector-s-walk-track

## 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.

Main trail: part of the Hector's Coastal Track trail

Mobility access: No, the layer does not mark the track as mobility-accessible

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.
- [South Beach Cycle / Walkway](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-621-south-beach-cycle-walkway), 1.4 km
- [Port Access Road](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-693-port-access-road), 474 m

## The green it crosses
Parks and reserves whose drawn outline the line enters, measured as drawn, not surveyed.
- [South Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/476-south-beach), Reserve

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.39821609356824&lon=171.2617702171095

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Hector's Walk Track?**

244 m of drawn line.

**Which mapped layers include Hector's Walk Track?**

The track API flags this line in the walking and bike layers. Those flags identify mapped routes, not permission or current public access.

**Where does Hector's Walk Track run?**

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

**Are dogs allowed on Hector's Walk Track?**

allowed off leash, as the layer tags it.

**Who looks after Hector's Walk Track?**

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.

Data: https://api.chch.live/track?id=walk-650 · layer refreshed 15 October 2026 · kept by TDC Parks in the layer