Last Updated: 20th Jun 2024

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Seal Point Rd to Sandymount

Dunedin, Otago

Submitted by Mike Tennent

Last Updated: 20th Jun 2024

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Grunt Factor: 15 ?

Gnarl Factor: 53 ?

7.4km

445m

445m

331m

  

  

  

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Trail Map

Type of Run

Urban fringe

Out and Back

Undulating, some big hills

Beach

Coastal

Run Makeup

20%
60%
20%

Easy Single Track

Moderate Single Track

Untracked / Route only

Average Uphill Gradient: +10.1%

Average Downhill Gradient: -13.5%

Trailhead

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Estimated Times to Run

1:20

Slow

1:00

Moderate

0:45

Fast

From the car-park on Seal Point Road, head along the well-formed track to the lookout and then on past it down the sandy trail to the beach. Once you get to the beach, take the time to look back up where you have just come from and be sure to save enough energy for the climb on the way back (105 metres vertical in 600m, mostly up soft sand). Then head along the beach giving the large black (and sometimes brown) lumps a wide berth... they are sea-lions and they are large (and smelly)!!!

About halfway along the beach you will see some orange signs to your left... ignore these as they are signs telling you not to enter. Carry on down the beach until near the end where you will see another orange arrow, this time with a sign beneath it saying "Sandymount Track".... follow this and the orange poles up the climb from the beach. At times you will lose sight of the next orange pole, however if you look around you should be able to see the footmarks in the distance to guide you.

In the next 1.5km you will climb 220m vertical on medium to soft sand... so it will feel like 400m or more, after the initial climb there is a slight dip and then the final climb to the top of Sandymount, this final section has a couple of sandy bits, but overall is much better trail. At the top you have great views of the southern coast and the inlet and harbour. Well worth the effort. After that, retrace your steps to the start. There is an option to visit 'Lovers Leap' which has some great views and doesn't add too much on vert-wise!

Fantastic coastal views and get up close and personal to some mighty large sealions... yellow-eyed penguins if you're lucky!

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Plenty of parking at the end of the road. Don't know of any transport to and from.

15 km

21 minutes

No

No

Easy.

Just stick to the beach until you see the large Orange Triangle and the sign, then as you head up the hill, if you lose sight of the next orange pole, remember that you are heading up, keep looking to the left and up and for footprints on the sand.

Very patchy.

Long-sleeved thermal top, Windproof jacket, Beanie/thermal headwear, Whistle, First aid kit, Extra food for emergencies, Cellphone, Map

No drinkable water available

Should be ok year round. Very first part is through farmland, but I don't think they close during lambing.

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Chris Clark

has completed Seal Point Rd to Sandymount 3 times in the last year.

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Trail Reviews

Awesome track. Let it go on the sand dunes!!

James Brewer

October 5, 2020

Be careful of the sea lions!!

Rachel Bridgewater

October 4, 2020

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