Explore dog friendly short walks in Nelson Tasman

Nelson City Centre ArtWalk is an outdoor art gallery in Nelson’s streets. With 25 sites, ArtWalk takes you on a journey past artworks by some of Nelson’s most celebrated artists, as well as artworks that have a particular poignancy to Whakatū Nelson.

The Motueka Waterfront Walk stretches 4 km along the Motueka Inlet shores, offering stunning coastal scenery and easy accessibility.

The Maitai River Walkway is an off-road, shared pathway adjacent to the Maitai River. It is popular with daywalkers, dog walkers, city workers, and cyclists.

The Whakatu Coastal Pathway is possibly one of the region's most popular off-road trails. It links the suburb of Stoke with Richmond.

An easy walk along the Tahunanui waterfront offers a tasting platter of Nelson Tasman’s unique history, scenery and cuisine.

The Barnicoat Ranges form the impressive backdrop behind Stoke and Richmond, rising steeply to more than 500m elevation for most of its length.

The centre of New Zealand is the site of the central survey point used for geodetic surveys in the 1870’s.

The Grampians are a prominent group of hills that form the backdrop to Nelson City. Home to a network of tracks that vary in length and difficulty, The Grampians are popular with walkers.