Walking Tracks
Eastwoodhill Arboretum offers trails for all levels of mobility. There is a map that you can follow to get around the aboretum unassisted, or guided walking and chariot tours available by prior arrangement with the Visitor Centre office. For visitors needing assitance there is a mobility scooter and wheelchair available.
Blue Walk
1 hour
Easy to moderate (steep if walking to the top of the Pinetum)
The Blue Walk is one of the flattest walk, which meanders through Cabin Park, The Circus, Corner Park and Pear Park. The trail takes you through both the tall conifers of cabin Park and the deciduous trees of The Circus, Corner Park and Pear Park.
Brown Walk
1 hour
Easy to moderate (steep if walking to the top of the Pinetum)
The Brown Walk combines the coniferous plantings of Orchard Hill and the Pinetum with the deciduous plantings of Douglas Park and Glen Douglas before working its ay through The Circus back to the Visitor Centre.
Purple Walk
1 hour (2 hours if walking to the top of Eastwoodhill)
Moderate (steep in sections on extended trail)
The purple walk skirts along some of the higher ridges around the arboretum with good views across Douglas Park and Glen Douglas. The trail then returns to the Visitor Centre through Cabin Park. The extended Purple Walk turns off at Basinhead and zigzags its way up to Arateitei, the highest point in the arboretum, for some glorious views over the arboretum and surrounding countryside.
Yellow Walk
1 1/2 hours
Easy to Moderate
The yellow walk is designed to see most of the arboretum without too much climbing involved. The extended Yellow Walk turns off at Basinhead and zigzags its way up to Arateitei, the highest point in the arboretum, for some glorious views over the arboretum and surrounding countryside. .
Red Walk
1 hour
Easy to Moderate
The red walk is our native tree walk combining the early native tree plantings of Douglas Cook in Yunnan Court and later plantings in the Native Reserve before returning to the Visitor Centre through the large conifers and oaks in Cabin Park.
Green Walk
4+ hours
Moderate to Hard, steep in some sections
The Green Walk encompasses much of the arboretum and takes the visitor through both, the open and forested areas of the arboretum and rising from the lowest part of the arboretum to its highest. A walk for the true tree connoisseur an adventurer with half a day to spare.
