Blue Pools

Blue Pools: 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 Blue Pools

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 Blue Pools — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -44.16222, 169.27041. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Blue Pools

• Blue Pools Track · trek · Queenstown-Lakes · ~1 km · Must-see
• Haast Pass / Tioripatea · waterfall · Queenstown-Lakes · ~11 km · Must-see
• Fantail Falls · waterfall · Queenstown-Lakes · ~16 km · Must-see
• David Glacier · viewpoint · Queenstown-Lakes · ~19 km · Must-see
• Thunder Creek Falls · waterfall · Queenstown-Lakes · ~20 km · Must-see
• Mount Turner · viewpoint · Queenstown-Lakes · ~20 km · Must-see
• Brewster Glacier · viewpoint · Queenstown-Lakes · ~20 km · Must-see
• Mount Awful · viewpoint · Queenstown-Lakes · ~21 km · Must-see
• Hāwea Conservation Park · sanctuary · Queenstown-Lakes · ~22 km · Must-see
• Mount Brewster · viewpoint · Westland · ~22 km · Must-see
• Mount Franklin · viewpoint · Queenstown-Lakes · ~25 km · Must-see
• Kahukura / Mount Alba · viewpoint · Queenstown-Lakes · ~28 km · Must-see
• Roaring Billy Falls · waterfall · Westland · ~32 km · Must-see
• Sentinel Peak · viewpoint · Queenstown-Lakes · ~34 km · Must-see
• Hinemakawe / Mount Castor · viewpoint · Queenstown-Lakes · ~39 km · Must-see
• Mount Pollux · viewpoint · Queenstown-Lakes · ~41 km · Must-see
• Ahuriri Conservation Park · sanctuary · Waitaki · ~46 km · Must-see
• Mount Aspiring National Park · sanctuary · Queenstown-Lakes · ~47 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Blue Pools

Other other attractions near Blue Pools

• Clay Cliffs · attraction · Waitaki · ~75 km · Must-see
• That Wānaka Tree · attraction · Queenstown-Lakes · ~76 km · Must-see
• Cardrona Bra Fence · attraction · Queenstown-Lakes · ~101 km · Must-see
• Gates of Haast · attraction · Westland · ~20 km
• Metties Well · attraction · Mackenzie · ~114 km
• Roaring Meg Power Station Waterfall · attraction · Central Otago · ~118 km
• Ophir Post Office · attraction · Central Otago · ~136 km
• Defiance Hut · attraction · Westland · ~137 km
• Kidds Bush and Sawyer Burn Track · attraction · Queenstown-Lakes · ~39 km
• Haast Heli Flights · attraction · Westland · ~45 km

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