Mount Stuart Tunnel

Mount Stuart Tunnel: 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 Mount Stuart Tunnel

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 Mount Stuart Tunnel — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -46.07092, 169.82750. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Mount Stuart Tunnel

• Aonui / Cooks Head / Cooks Head Rock · viewpoint · Clutha · ~30 km · Must-see
• Mauka Atua / Maungatua · viewpoint · Dunedin City · ~38 km · Must-see
• Molyneux Bay · beach · Otago · ~41 km · Must-see
• Tapuaenuku / Blue Mountains · viewpoint · Clutha · ~49 km · Must-see
• Te Papanui Conservation Park · sanctuary · Dunedin City · ~50 km · Must-see
• Nugget Point Lighthouse · fort · Clutha · ~52 km · Must-see
• Tokatā / Nugget Point · beach · Clutha · ~53 km · Must-see
• Lammerlaw Range · viewpoint · Central Otago · ~54 km · Must-see
• Matamata / Saddle Hill · viewpoint · Dunedin City · ~56 km · Must-see
• Memorial Park · park · Dunedin City · ~57 km · Must-see
• Te Papanui / Lammermoor Range · viewpoint · Central Otago · ~58 km · Must-see
• Black Head · beach · Dunedin City · ~61 km · Must-see
• Landslip Hill · viewpoint · Clutha · ~64 km · Must-see
• Tunnel Beach · beach · Dunedin City · ~65 km · Must-see
• Kaikōrai Hill · viewpoint · Dunedin City · ~65 km · Must-see
• Cargill's Castle · fort · Dunedin City · ~67 km · Must-see
• Purakaunui Falls · waterfall · Clutha · ~67 km · Must-see
• Ocean Beach Domain · beach · Dunedin City · ~69 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Mount Stuart Tunnel

Other forts & heritage near Mount Stuart Tunnel

• Nugget Point Lighthouse · fort · Clutha · ~52 km · Must-see
• Cargill's Castle · fort · Dunedin City · ~67 km · Must-see
• Cargill Monument · fort · Dunedin City · ~70 km · Must-see
• Stuart Memorial · fort · Dunedin City · ~71 km · Must-see
• Dunedin Cenotaph · fort · Dunedin City · ~71 km · Must-see
• Larnach Castle · fort · Dunedin City · ~83 km · Must-see
• Karitāne · fort · Dunedin City · ~100 km · Must-see
• SS Tararua · fort · Southland · ~124 km · Must-see
• Fort Hill · fort · Clutha · ~17 km
• Lawrence Presbyterian Church (Former) · fort · Clutha · ~26 km

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