The Grey Panthers

A walk that is right on Cleveland's doorstep that takes in three "peaks", - all at about 320 m. The walk uses Forestry tracks, farm roads, and moorland footpaths.
As may be expected there is a fair amount of walking both up gradients, and down gradients. The views, however, on a clear day make everything highly worthwhile.
The moorland footpath that crosses Northwards from the Lonsdale Plantation involves walking over very rough ground, boggy in places, where use of a satellite navigator is highly advisable.

For a Memory Map overlay of the walk described, please select the above link.
(Overlay made with Version 5 of Memory Map)

Some new mapping software is now available which you may want to try, - QUO mapping. You can download the software for free from the link below, complete with demonstration maps. Having installed QUO, you can import and export Memory Map overlays. Thus YOU DON'T NEED Memory Map to use any of the overlays provided on the Grey Panthers web site, - just use QUO!!

Park at the place known as Gribdale Gate (NZ59206 11018). There is usually ample parking space here, but at busy times it can become very full.
Head up the Forestry track towards Captain Cook's Monument.
From the Monument head Eastwards along the footpath and then Forestry track until you come to the farm road.
Take the farm road Northwards past Lonsdale Farm. When the road becomes a track, follow the track Northwards (the track is VERY deeply rutted by farm vehicles, but it is possible to walk beside the track).
Where the track emerges at a road, head left and, once through the gate, take the footpath that crosses open moorland in a Northerly direction.
HOWEVER, there is no footpath as such, and the ground to be crossed is very rough and boggy in places. To follow the route, use of a satellite navigator is highly advisable.
If you don't want to use this footpath, follow the broad track Northwards until it meets the Cleveland Way footpath.
Take the signposted footpath that heads Eastwards (the Cleveland Way) and follow the footpath to Highcliff Nab.
From the Nab, return along the Cleveland Way in a Westerly direction.
This will bring you to a point that overlooks Roseberry Topping.
From here there is a clear path, - paved for much of the way, that takes you to Roseberry Topping.
On descending from Roseberry Topping, take the Cleveland Way footpath initially Eastwards, then Southwards, to return to your staring point.