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These include the Mt Isobel Track, to the summit of Mount Isobel. As one blogger puts it, “North of Hanmer Springs exists a rugged, expansive landscape where few visitors bother to tread.” Closest to the town, on the northern side, is the Hanmer Forest Park, where there are a number of short walks, tramping tracks and walking tracks. In fact, many of the best features of the area are to the north and northwest of the town. It is in a transitional zone between the beech forests of the Lewis Pass area, watered by westerly winds, and the more desert-like terrain due north and east of Hanmer Springs.

It’s a short trip from there to the historic St James Homestead, Amuri Skifield and the pretty Peters Valley, which leads into the St James Conservation Area and the St James Cycle Trail.‍ The St James Conservation area to the northwest of Hanmer Springs, named after the old homestead, has a lot of variety of landscape. The town lies in a small plain just south of the Hanmer Range, which includes Mount Isobel and Jacks Pass. You get to Hanmer Springs by turning northward, off State Highway 7 between the Lewis Pass and Culverden. Hanmer Springs is a popular hot-spring resort east of the Lewis Pass in NZ’s South Island. Original blog post: /blog/reefton-kirwans-track And also, of course, the Kirwans Track, which people generally do as part of a loop hike. At the Miner’s Hut you can sit in front of the fire, enjoy a cup of tea and watch steel being shaped by a blacksmith." There are lots of walking and hiking tracks nearby, as well, including the start of the Paparoa Track which I talk about in another post. The 100% New Zealand page on Reefton invites you to: "Follow the town’s heritage walk past the Reefton School of Mines, the courthouse, Oddfellows Hall, St Xavier’s Convent and the Band Hall. To this day it’s got plenty of atmosphere (mostly smelling of coal-smoke), and is surrounded by historic mine workings.‍ The town has a lot old-time charm.

The town got its start in 1871 following the discovery of a gold reef nearby, and was originally called Reef Town. It is the only sizable town on the West Coast that’s some way inland.

Reefton, on the West Coast of NZ’s South Island, was one of the first towns to get electric light and is the gateway to many trails today.