# Opihi River Track

walk · bike · horse · orv · 12.6 km · Opihi River Stop Banks

https://www.chch.live/track/walk-713-opihi-river-track

## The line it runs
It runs about 141 km south-west of the central city, in Opihi River Stop Banks, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional track.

Main trail: part of the Opihi River Tracks trail

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

Dogs: allowed on 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.
- [Stratheona Huts To Te Ngawai Rd Across River](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-741-stratheona-huts-to-te-ngawai-rd-across-river), 1.9 km
- [Plpt Arowhenua Alternate Trail](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-742-plpt-arowhenua-alternate-trail), 1.3 km
- [Plpt Arowhenua Alternate Trail](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-743-plpt-arowhenua-alternate-trail), 4.8 km

## The green it crosses
Parks and reserves whose drawn outline the line enters, measured as drawn, not surveyed.
- [Stratheona Huts Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/468-stratheona-huts-res), Reserve

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.26505412839421&lon=171.19880497345181

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Opihi River Track?**

12.6 km of drawn line.

**Which mapped layers include Opihi River Track?**

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

**Where does Opihi River Track run?**

Opihi River Stop Banks, about 141 km south-west of the central city.

**Are dogs allowed on Opihi River Track?**

allowed on leash, as the layer tags it.

**Who looks after Opihi River 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-713 · layer refreshed 15 October 2026 · kept by TDC Parks in the layer