Pilot Hill Carpark

Pilot Hill Carpark

Wairoa, Freedom Camping Site

4 Rankers Reviews

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Organisation

Wairoa District Council

Council organisation

Location

North IslandTairāwhiti GisborneWairoa

Categories

  • Activity__freedom_campingFreedom Camping
  • Free

Directions

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Coordinates

-39.0603501080774

177.414722347259

Latitude
-39.0603501080774
Longitude
177.414722347259

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Reviews

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    5/10 1
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  • 0.5/5

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    Reviewed 4 months ago

  • 2.5/5

    Beautiful campgrounds, but it is becoming an unruly place.

    During our one late afternoon/overnight on the campgrounds, the campgrounds were used by three teenagers on a quad bike, another two teenagers came wheelspinning through the park with a big vehicle, several dubious characters were frequenting the park, and at about 00:30 in the morning, we were woken by the lights of someone looking for white bait (illegally to be caught at night) in the nearby stream. The next morning I was warned by a local to “watch out for the crackheads”, as he was refering to the dubious characters of the previous day. Note also, there are currently no boards indicating that it is a freedom campsite, or the boards has been removed.

    A stunning place visually, but not a campsite I would recommend for people travelling alone or for vulnerable travelers.

    Reviewed about 4 years ago

  • 5.0/5

    * THE ABOVE PERSONS COMMENT IS NO LONGER VALID.

    COUNCIL HAS PUT UP SIGNS THERE SAYING NO CAMPING PERMITTED. BEAUTIFUL SPOT THOUGH! *

    The spot that Rankers has listed is really nice. I came to this spot as a last resort as I didn’t like my first pick a few hours back up the road. Very nice scenery, a few trees for shade, and picnic tables. It sits on the shore of a lagoon looking over at a sandbar that shelters the spot from the wild beach on the other side. No access to the beach unfortunately.

    Reviewed almost 5 years ago

  • 5.0/5

    You need to go past where there is this dedicated Freedom Camping spot, about another 2 miles / 3 K.

    A local told me about it. Lntknje on the azphLyed road which at the end makes a 180 degree U-turn. Continue another 500 meters and there is a toilet house. Beware of deep sad, but there are formally areas. For self-contained vehicles only. Two ean toilets, no water. Nobody else amled here why the site identified here probably had 10 campers in a tiny space that has no toilets. Locals. One here to exercise their dogs, BTW.

    Reviewed almost 6 years ago