Black Hill Track, Nelson Lakes National Park, New Zealand

BLACK HILL TRACK - Nelson Lakes National Park
A relatively dull 1 hour 30 minute walk up and down a hill with no view from the top.
Map Data: Google, Digital Globe, Department of Conservation (DOC).

Black Hill Track, Nelson Lakes National Park, New Zealand

BLACK HILL TRACK - Nelson Lakes National Park
Any track with "Hill" in the name sounds dodgy... Unless we really want the exercise, we'd give this walk a miss. Scenic value is near zero. If we had already done all the other walks in Nelson Lakes - and desperately felt the need to one more walk - we'd just do one of the others again. And we wouldn't regret it.

Black Hill Track, Nelson Lakes National Park, New Zealand

BLACK HILL TRACK - Nelson Lakes National Park
This walk goes up a hill through unremarkable manuka and kanuka scrub.

Black Hill Track, Nelson Lakes National Park, New Zealand

BLACK HILL TRACK - Nelson Lakes National Park
This is the top. What? No view..?

Black Hill Track, Nelson Lakes National Park, New Zealand

BLACK HILL TRACK - Nelson Lakes National Park
The only good view - and we already saw it on nour way to the start of this track.