Highway 50 Trail, Central Hawke's Bay
The Highway 50 trail guides visitors through dense native bush that once covered much of the inland bay.
The trail area was developed into farmland by the cutting, clearing and milling of the bush. Tracks were laid to enable steam haulers, bullocks and horses to pull the logs out to the saw mills.
The Ruahine Ranges and Forest Park (RFP) provide a dramatic backdrop to the west, and several excellent bush reserves still contain magnificent specimens of lowland podocarp bush.
The trail will take visitors to these significant points:
- Gwavas Garden Homestead
- Hampden Tikokino
- The Sawyers Arm Hotel
- Tikokino Cemetery
- North Block Rod Junction
- The site of the old Gardner and Yeoman Sawmill and Makaroro River
- Pendle Hill Road
- Bibby Family Memorial Church
- Forest Gate Cemetery and Domain
- Ongaonga
- Ruataniwha Cairn
- A’Deane’s Bush
- Makaretu Cemetery
- Ashley Clinton Cemetery
- Monkton’s Scenic Reserve
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