# Alternative Route (957)

walk · bike · 88 m · Timaru

https://www.chch.live/track/walk-957-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.
- [Alternative Route](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-659-alternative-route), 189 m
- [Centennial Park Access Routes](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-698-centennial-park-access-routes), 71 m
- [Alternative Route](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-955-alternative-route), 108 m
- [Alternative Route](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-956-alternative-route), 2 m
- [Centennial Park Tracks](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-1026-centennial-park-tracks), 6 m
- [Centennial Park Tracks](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-1027-centennial-park-tracks), 48 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.39274519389664&lon=171.20950997691327

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Alternative Route?**

88 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-957 · layer refreshed 15 October 2026 · kept by TDC Parks in the layer