Link Ridge

Link Ridge: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

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

Best time to visit Link Ridge

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

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

How to reach Link Ridge — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -41.35629, 174.88622. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Link Ridge

• Old Pencarrow Lighthouse · fort · Lower Hutt City · ~4 km · Must-see
• Pencarrow Head · beach · Wellington · ~4 km · Must-see
• Baring Head Lighthouse · beach · Lower Hutt City · ~7 km · Must-see
• Baring Head · beach · Lower Hutt City · ~7 km · Must-see
• St Alban's Anglican Church - Eastbourne · church · Lower Hutt City · ~8 km · Must-see
• Worser Bay · beach · Wellington · ~8 km · Must-see
• First State House (1937) · fort · Wellington City · ~8 km · Must-see
• Lyall Bay · beach · Wellington · ~9 km · Must-see
• Wellington Harbour / Port Nicholson · beach · Wellington · ~10 km · Must-see
• Te Raekaihau · beach · Wellington City · ~10 km · Must-see
• Fort Ballance · fort · Wellington City · ~10 km · Must-see
• Princess Bay · beach · Wellington · ~10 km · Must-see
• Mount Crawford · viewpoint · Wellington City · ~10 km · Must-see
• Kau Point Battery · fort · Wellington City · ~11 km · Must-see
• Shelly Bay · beach · Wellington · ~11 km · Must-see
• Evans Bay · beach · Wellington · ~11 km · Must-see
• Wellington · fort · Wellington · ~11 km · Must-see
• Wellington Zoo · sanctuary · Wellington City · ~12 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Link Ridge

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Link Ridge

• Mount Crawford · viewpoint · Wellington City · ~10 km · Must-see
• Mount Victoria · viewpoint · Wellington City · ~13 km · Must-see
• Mount Matthews · viewpoint · South Wairarapa · ~13 km · Must-see
• Te Ahumairangi Hill · viewpoint · Wellington City · ~17 km · Must-see
• Kaukau · viewpoint · Wellington City · ~21 km · Must-see
• Remutaka Range · viewpoint · Lower Hutt City · ~23 km · Must-see
• Rangituhi / Colonial Knob · viewpoint · Porirua City · ~29 km · Must-see
• Hutt Valley · viewpoint · Upper Hutt City · ~31 km · Must-see
• Remutaka Rail Trail · viewpoint · South Wairarapa · ~48 km · Must-see
• Aorangi Range · viewpoint · South Wairarapa · ~52 km · Must-see

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