Best Mountain Bike Trails in Battle Hill

Battle Hill Farm Forest Park is a 500+ hectare regional park on the Kapiti Coast featuring rolling paddocks and dense native forest with nine marked trails suitable for mountain biking and hiking. The popular Battle Hill Puketiro Loop (5.7 miles) and Short Farm Loop offer varied terrain through countryside scenery, with parking, toilets, and picnic facilities at the entrance on Paekākāriki Hill Road. The park is managed by Greater Wellington Regional Council and offers historic significance as the site of an 1848 battle between Ngati Toa Maori and colonial forces.