Pollards Dam

Pollards Dam: 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 fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Pollards Dam

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

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 Pollards Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -45.87739, 169.68260. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pollards Dam

• Te Papanui Conservation Park · sanctuary · Dunedin City · ~25 km · Must-see
• Lammerlaw Range · viewpoint · Central Otago · ~25 km · Must-see
• Tapuaenuku / Blue Mountains · viewpoint · Clutha · ~29 km · Must-see
• Te Papanui / Lammermoor Range · viewpoint · Central Otago · ~32 km · Must-see
• Mauka Atua / Maungatua · viewpoint · Dunedin City · ~42 km · Must-see
• Landslip Hill · viewpoint · Clutha · ~57 km · Must-see
• Aonui / Cooks Head / Cooks Head Rock · viewpoint · Clutha · ~59 km · Must-see
• Memorial Park · park · Dunedin City · ~64 km · Must-see
• Matamata / Saddle Hill · viewpoint · Dunedin City · ~65 km · Must-see
• Platypus (submarine) · attraction · Dunedin City · ~67 km · Must-see
• Molyneux Bay · beach · Otago · ~69 km · Must-see
• Black Head · beach · Dunedin City · ~73 km · Must-see
• Kaikōrai Hill · viewpoint · Dunedin City · ~73 km · Must-see
• Pātearoa / Rock And Pillar Range · viewpoint · Dunedin City · ~75 km · Must-see
• Gabriels Gully Historic Reserve · sanctuary · Clutha · ~0 km
• Jacobs Ladder · viewpoint · Clutha · ~1 km
• Munros Gully · viewpoint · Clutha · ~2 km
• Gabriel Read Monument · fort · Clutha · ~2 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Pollards Dam

Other forts & heritage near Pollards Dam

• Cargill's Castle · fort · Dunedin City · ~77 km · Must-see
• Cargill Monument · fort · Dunedin City · ~79 km · Must-see
• Stuart Memorial · fort · Dunedin City · ~79 km · Must-see
• Dunedin Cenotaph · fort · Dunedin City · ~80 km · Must-see
• Nugget Point Lighthouse · fort · Clutha · ~80 km · Must-see
• Larnach Castle · fort · Dunedin City · ~91 km · Must-see
• Karitāne · fort · Dunedin City · ~100 km · Must-see
• SS Tararua · fort · Southland · ~135 km · Must-see
• Gabriel Read Monument · fort · Clutha · ~2 km
• Lawrence Presbyterian Church (Former) · fort · Clutha · ~5 km

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