Kiln

Kiln: 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 Kiln

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 Kiln — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -46.24509, 169.73750. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Kiln

• Molyneux Bay · beach · Otago · ~19 km · Must-see
• Nugget Point Lighthouse · fort · Clutha · ~29 km · Must-see
• Tokatā / Nugget Point · beach · Clutha · ~29 km · Must-see
• Aonui / Cooks Head / Cooks Head Rock · viewpoint · Clutha · ~34 km · Must-see
• Purakaunui Falls · waterfall · Clutha · ~41 km · Must-see
• Mount Pye · viewpoint · Clutha · ~49 km · Must-see
• Catlins Conservation Park · sanctuary · Clutha · ~52 km · Must-see
• Tautuku Peninsula · beach · Clutha · ~57 km · Must-see
• McLean Falls · waterfall · Clutha · ~58 km · Must-see
• Tapuaenuku / Blue Mountains · viewpoint · Clutha · ~60 km · Must-see
• Landslip Hill · viewpoint · Clutha · ~61 km · Must-see
• Mauka Atua / Maungatua · viewpoint · Dunedin City · ~62 km · Must-see
• Te Papanui Conservation Park · sanctuary · Dunedin City · ~74 km · Must-see
• Inch Clutha Wildlife Management Reserve · sanctuary · Clutha · ~2 km
• Otanomomo Scientific Reserve · sanctuary · Clutha · ~7 km
• Manuka Island · river spot · Clutha · ~7 km
• Inch Clutha · river spot · Clutha · ~8 km
• Shaws Island · river spot · Clutha · ~9 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Kiln

Other forts & heritage near Kiln

• Nugget Point Lighthouse · fort · Clutha · ~29 km · Must-see
• Cargill's Castle · fort · Dunedin City · ~85 km · Must-see
• Cargill Monument · fort · Dunedin City · ~90 km · Must-see
• Stuart Memorial · fort · Dunedin City · ~90 km · Must-see
• Dunedin Cenotaph · fort · Dunedin City · ~90 km · Must-see
• Larnach Castle · fort · Dunedin City · ~101 km · Must-see
• SS Tararua · fort · Southland · ~102 km · Must-see
• Karitāne · fort · Dunedin City · ~122 km · Must-see
• Fort Hill · fort · Clutha · ~37 km
• Lawrence Presbyterian Church (Former) · fort · Clutha · ~46 km

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