Control gates

Control gates: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this attraction: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Control gates

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Control gates — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -45.34264, 169.92552. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Control gates

• Pātearoa / Rock And Pillar Range · viewpoint · Dunedin City · ~19 km · Must-see
• Platypus (submarine) · attraction · Dunedin City · ~30 km · Must-see
• Ida Valley · viewpoint · Central Otago · ~36 km · Must-see
• Poolburn Gorge workers' camp · viewpoint · Central Otago · ~44 km · Must-see
• Te Papanui / Lammermoor Range · viewpoint · Central Otago · ~46 km · Must-see
• Te Papanui Conservation Park · sanctuary · Dunedin City · ~53 km · Must-see
• Lammerlaw Range · viewpoint · Central Otago · ~54 km · Must-see
• Kakanui Mountains · viewpoint · Waitaki · ~59 km · Must-see
• Danseys Pass Recreation Reserve · viewpoint · Central Otago · ~61 km · Must-see
• Mount MacKenzie · viewpoint · Waitaki · ~68 km · Must-see
• Cromwell Gorge · viewpoint · Central Otago · ~68 km · Must-see
• Dunstan Mountains · viewpoint · Central Otago · ~69 km · Must-see
• Old Man Range / Kopuwai · viewpoint · Central Otago · ~70 km · Must-see
• Mount Watkin · viewpoint · Dunedin City · ~70 km · Must-see
• Long Point · beach · Central Otago · ~7 km
• Paerau Weir · lake · Central Otago · ~9 km
• Ewe Hill · viewpoint · Central Otago · ~10 km
• Rocky Peak · viewpoint · Central Otago · ~10 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Control gates

Other other attractions near Control gates

• Platypus (submarine) · attraction · Dunedin City · ~30 km · Must-see
• Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki · attraction · Waitaki · ~88 km · Must-see
• World's Steepest Street · attraction · Dunedin City · ~92 km · Must-see
• Toroa 1989 · attraction · Dunedin City · ~94 km · Must-see
• Elephant Rocks · attraction · Waitaki · ~95 km · Must-see
• Taiaroa Head · attraction · Dunedin City · ~99 km · Must-see
• Cardrona Bra Fence · attraction · Queenstown-Lakes · ~111 km · Must-see
• Clay Cliffs · attraction · Waitaki · ~119 km · Must-see
• That Wānaka Tree · attraction · Queenstown-Lakes · ~120 km · Must-see
• Ophir Post Office · attraction · Central Otago · ~45 km

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