Clutha Gold Trail: 73 km in Otago
The Clutha Gold Trail is a named Ngā Haerenga Great Ride in Otago. The governing figure used here is 73 km (nzcycletrail.com · Clutha Gold), not a straight line between towns.
Typical time on the route is 2 days. Grade: Grade 2 · easy. Season window: Year-round.
Ridden together with the Roxburgh Gorge Trail this is the full Clyde–Lawrence corridor. The trail is mostly Grade 2 riverside gravel. Lawrence is the gold-rush town; Millers Flat and Beaumont are the quiet nights.
The itinerary on this page is the published stop sequence: Roxburgh, Millers Flat, Beaumont, Lawrence. Cabins and holiday homes load live around each stop; hut and trailhead pins without a town page still search by radius.
Book DOC huts and Great Walks on the DOC system where that applies. Town beds are what this site lists. Carry the day’s food on remote legs — several of these routes have no shop between ends.
Stop by stop
Roxburgh — dam and orchard town. Millers Flat — mid-river night. Beaumont — bridge over the Clutha. Lawrence — Gabriel’s Gully gold town, trail end.
Distances, grades and seasons above follow nzcycletrail.com · Clutha Gold. Confirm opening dates, slips and hut bookings on the operator or DOC page before you travel; alpine and West Coast tracks close or reroute after weather.
