
Track difficulty rating: 1 2 3 4 5 (1 = easy : 5 = difficult)
Approximate distances
- Maxwells Line - end of Dittmer Drive (Paneiri Park to Victoria Esplanade): 2.37 kilometres
- End of Dittmer Drive - Fitzherbert Avenue: 1.31 kilometres
- Fitzherbert Avenue - Albert Street: 1.69 kilometres
- Albert Street - Waterloo Crescent: 0.61 kilometres
- Waterloo Crescent - Ayr Place: 0.60 kilometres
- Ayr Place - Ruahine Street: 0.92 kilometres
- Ruahine Street - Ruamahunga Crescent: 1.10 kilometres
- Ruamahunga Crescent - Napier Road: 0.34 kilometres
- Napier Road - Riverside Drive: 0.94 kilometres
Total Distance: 9.86 kilometres
Contour: Flat to mildly contoured
Surface: Mainly asphalt (limestone between Paneiri Park and Dittmer Drive)

Photo: ManawatuNZ
Access points
Riverside Drive (off Te Matai Road), Napier Road, Ruamahunga Crescent (Ruamahanga Wilderness Area), Ruahine Street, Ayr Place, Waterloo Crescent (Waterloo Park), Albert Street, Fitzherbert Avenue (Hardie Street Reserve), Victoria Esplanade, Dittmer Drive (Dittmer Reserve), Buick Crescent (Ahimate Reserve), Maxwells Line (Paneiri Park).
Amenities
Carparks at Riverside Drive, Napier Road, Ruahine Street, Fitzherbert Avenue, Palm Drive, Dittmer Drive, and Maxwells Line accessways.
Toilets are available at three access points: Maxwells Line, Fitzherbert Avenue and Ruamahunga Crescent.
Special attractions
River views, river access, bike jumps and pump track, open-air gym equipment
No cars or trail bikes
Motorised trail bikes or vehicles not permitted on any section of the track.

The Ahimate Reserve end of the pathway is limestone.
Horses and dogs welcome
Dogs must be on-leash between Fitzherbert Bridge and the Holiday Park. The rest of the pathway is a dog exercise area, where you can walk your dog off-leash.
Please pick up after your dog and ensure it's under your control at all times.
Note, there are often livestock grazing in paddocks next to the pathway between Ruamahanga Crescent and Riverside Drive.