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Bottle Lake Forest Park

Regional Ride

Canterbury , South Island

Bottle Lake Forest Park is situated approximately 10km north east of central Christchurch, adjacent to the coast. Recreational facilities include mountain-bike tracks, horse-trekking trails and walking tracks. Developed from a farm in the early 1900s the forest expanded from coastal protection plantings to its present size.

Access The main entrance and car park for Bottle Lake Forest is from Waitikiri Drive, off Burwood Road, via either Marshlands or Burwood. There is also access from Spencer Park, and from North Shore along the Southern Pegasus Bay Track.

Total number of tracks for Bottle Lake Forest Park 8; total distance of all tracks 21km.

 

 

 

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