Battery Pond

Battery Pond: 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 lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Battery Pond

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

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 Battery Pond — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -41.33409, 175.12117. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Battery Pond

• Remutaka Range · viewpoint · Lower Hutt City · ~10 km · Must-see
• Remutaka Forest Park · sanctuary · South Wairarapa · ~11 km · Must-see
• Mount Matthews · viewpoint · South Wairarapa · ~11 km · Must-see
• Putangirua Pinnacles · trek · South Wairarapa · ~20 km · Must-see
• Pūtangirua Pinnacles · attraction · South Wairarapa · ~20 km · Must-see
• Palliser Bay · beach · Wellington · ~22 km · Must-see
• St Alban's Anglican Church - Eastbourne · church · Lower Hutt City · ~24 km · Must-see
• Te Whiti Riser · trek · Lower Hutt City · ~25 km · Must-see
• Turakirae Head · beach · Wellington · ~26 km · Must-see
• Aorangi Forest Park · sanctuary · South Wairarapa · ~26 km · Must-see
• Christ Church · church · Lower Hutt City · ~27 km · Must-see
• Wairarapa Moana Wetland · sanctuary · South Wairarapa · ~27 km · Must-see
• Hutt Valley · viewpoint · Upper Hutt City · ~28 km · Must-see
• Baring Head Lighthouse · beach · Lower Hutt City · ~28 km · Must-see
• Baring Head · beach · Lower Hutt City · ~28 km · Must-see
• Old Pencarrow Lighthouse · fort · Lower Hutt City · ~29 km · Must-see
• Pencarrow Head · beach · Wellington · ~29 km · Must-see
• Wellington Harbour / Port Nicholson · beach · Wellington · ~29 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Battery Pond

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Battery Pond

• Lake Pounui · lake · South Wairarapa · ~2 km
• Lake Ōnoke · lake · South Wairarapa · ~7 km
• Lake Ngānoke · lake · South Wairarapa · ~7 km
• Morton Dam · lake · Lower Hutt City · ~16 km
• Wainuiomata Lower Dam · lake · Lower Hutt City · ~16 km
• Lake Wairarapa · lake · South Wairarapa · ~18 km
• Matthews Lagoon · lake · South Wairarapa · ~18 km
• Boggy Pond Lagoon · lake · South Wairarapa · ~19 km
• Lake Kohangatera · lake · Lower Hutt City · ~27 km
• Lake Kohangatera and Lake Kohangapiripiri Scientific Reserve · lake · Lower Hutt City · ~27 km

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