# Alternative Route (659)

walk · bike · 189 m · Timaru

https://www.chch.live/track/walk-659-alternative-route

## The line it runs
It runs about 149 km south-west of the central city, in Timaru, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional track.

Main trail: part of the Centennial Park Tracks 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.
- [Centennial Park Tracks](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-657-centennial-park-tracks), 303 m
- [Centennial Park Access Routes](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-698-centennial-park-access-routes), 71 m
- [Centennial Park Tracks](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-721-centennial-park-tracks), 142 m
- [Alternative Route](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-957-alternative-route), 88 m
- [East Curcuit](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-966-east-curcuit), 414 m
- [Centennial Park Tracks](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-967-centennial-park-tracks), 20 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.3932092993272&lon=171.21090143997057

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Alternative Route?**

189 m of drawn line.

**What can you do on Alternative Route?**

The layers open it to walking, biking.

**Where does Alternative Route run?**

Timaru, about 149 km south-west of the central city.

**Are dogs allowed on Alternative Route?**

allowed off leash, as the layer tags it.

**Who looks after Alternative Route?**

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-659 · layer refreshed 29 September 2026 · kept by TDC Parks in the layer