Best Mountain Bike Trails in Porirua East
Porirua East combines multiple trail systems including Bothamly Park, Duck Creek, and Whitby Walkways with good local connections for recreational riders and commuting cyclists. The Mana Cycle Group has built a network of climbing and descending trails on the eastern slopes of Rangituhi/Colonial Knob, accessible from the 4WD summit road or Spicer Botanical Park. The area offers varied terrain from easy family-friendly tracks like Spicer Link to intermediate routes like Te Ara Utiwai.
Trails
Showing 1 - 10 of 24 trails
Easiest
2.5m
6m
-8m
7h 11m
Ara Tawa, the pathway of Tawa and Porirua.Wellington City Council and the Tawa Valley Pathway Walkway Committee (a local community group) worked together to build a shared walkway and cycle route. The route follows the rail corridor and provides a new shared pathway from Willowbank Park to Kenepuru Railway Station.The shared path provides a safer cycling route and encourage more people to get about on foot or by bike. The 5km walkway links to nearby streets, the shopping centre and other key spots like railway stations, schools, recreational areas and parks.The Council worked closely with the local community on this project.
Easy
2.2 km
25m
-15m
2h 52m
Continuation of the arterial Bothamly park trail, great family trail or linking up your local ride or commute
Easiest
4.1m
25m
-87m
13h 41m
An offroad connection through Porirua east.Can connect to Rangituhi or Belmont for a nice MTB ride or as a commute
Easy
1.1m
9m
-25m
3h 31m
Paved path from Whitby Collegiate to Brookside Development. Joins Whitby Walkway.
Intermediate
4.2 km
385m
-355m
Part of the Whitby walkway, mixed 4x4 and gravel path
Advanced
1.8m
52m
-158m
The farm track runs into the gully and at the bottom crosses Canons Creek. The creek is about a meter wide and not very deep. There are a couple of gates that are usually locked.on the spur on the the western side of creek. The trail is not always clearly visible, but follows the fence line along the ridge of the spur. It flattens out at the top and where it joins up with Cannons Head trail. The western spur is steep. If riding a bike then it's best to ride from east to west.
Intermediate
1.3m
81m
-57m
7h 7m
Nice track since it was improved in 2023. It is up and down with some technical bits at the Doncaster end. Well worth the effort for the views out over Porirua Harbour (Aotea to Doncaster section) and over Pautatahanui Inlet (Doncaster to Ascot Section).
Easiest
2.3 km
19m
-65m