Oven

Oven: 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 Oven

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 Oven — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -45.48785, 170.74504. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Oven

• Puketapu · viewpoint · Waitaki · ~1 km · Must-see
• Trotters Gorge Scenic Reserve · sanctuary · Waitaki · ~12 km · Must-see
• Mount MacKenzie · viewpoint · Waitaki · ~18 km · Must-see
• Mount Watkin · viewpoint · Dunedin City · ~20 km · Must-see
• Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki · attraction · Waitaki · ~21 km · Must-see
• Karitāne · fort · Dunedin City · ~23 km · Must-see
• St Barnabas Church · church · Dunedin City · ~34 km · Must-see
• Kilmog Hill · viewpoint · Dunedin City · ~35 km · Must-see
• Blueskin Bay · beach · Dunedin City · ~37 km · Must-see
• Whareakeake · beach · Otago · ~39 km · Must-see
• Taiaroa Head · attraction · Dunedin City · ~40 km · Must-see
• Ōrokonui Nature Reserve · sanctuary · Dunedin City · ~41 km · Must-see
• Kākaunui · fort · Waitaki · ~46 km · Must-see
• The Silverpeaks · viewpoint · Dunedin City · ~46 km · Must-see
• Observation Point · beach · Dunedin City · ~47 km · Must-see
• Iona Church · church · Dunedin City · ~47 km · Must-see
• Holy Trinity - Port Chalmers · church · Dunedin City · ~47 km · Must-see
• Victory Beach · beach · Otago · ~48 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Oven

Other forts & heritage near Oven

• Karitāne · fort · Dunedin City · ~23 km · Must-see
• Kākaunui · fort · Waitaki · ~46 km · Must-see
• Larnach Castle · fort · Dunedin City · ~53 km · Must-see
• Dunedin Cenotaph · fort · Dunedin City · ~59 km · Must-see
• Stuart Memorial · fort · Dunedin City · ~59 km · Must-see
• Cargill Monument · fort · Dunedin City · ~59 km · Must-see
• Cargill's Castle · fort · Dunedin City · ~65 km · Must-see
• Palmerston South African War memorial · fort · Waitaki · ~3 km
• Huriawa · fort · Dunedin City · ~22 km
• Māpoutahi · fort · Dunedin City · ~37 km

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