Easy walk

Picton to Waikawa Track

The easy, dog-friendly walk between Picton and the next bay.

Photo: W. Bulach / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

3.5 km and about 45 minutes one way from Picton to Waikawa via Endeavour Park, graded Easy; a second Moderate route runs 3.8 km. Shared with bikes; dogs allowed off-leash.

Free
Good with kids
Dogs off-leash
No car needed
Bikes allowed

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The track at a glance

Distance: 3,525 m one way via Endeavour Park (Easy); 3,839 m on the second route (Moderate)
Time: 45 min one way (Easy route); 50 min (second route)
Grade: Easy via Endeavour Park; the other route is Moderate (Marlborough District Council)
Route: One way, Picton to Waikawa; walk back, or return by the other route
Starts: Picton foreshore / Coathanger Bridge area; Endeavour Park is on Waikawa Road
Dogs: Off-leash allowed on this track — but not inside Endeavour Park itself (Victoria Domain rule)
Bikes: Shared walking and biking track (both routes)
Cost: Free

Waikawa Bay with the Snout headland reaching out into the sound — Waikawa Bay and the long ridge of The Snout / Te Ihu Moeone. Krzysztof Golik / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

About Picton to Waikawa Track

Waikawa is the bay and settlement immediately north of Picton — the two have grown into one urban area — and this is the off-road way between them, through Victoria Domain. The council maps two routes: one via Endeavour Park that it grades Easy, and a second, slightly longer route graded Moderate.

It is the one track in the Domain where dogs may be off-leash (except within Endeavour Park), and both routes are shared with bikes. At the Waikawa end you arrive near the marina.