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Ross Creek Reservoir

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Numerous popular walking tracks lead to and circle the reservoir, and follow the course of the Ross Creek and its tributary, School Creek. Track counters have recorded as many as 4,000 walkers on the tracks per month, making them some of Dunedin's most well-used bush walks. The tracks are marked with
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Notable features of the reserve — other than the reservoir — include a waterfall which cascades some 20 metres (66 ft) into School Creek. Though these falls appear completely natural, they were created by the diversion of Ross Creek to form the reservoir, and now carry waters from the creek's
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course is also marked numbered posts. The walks can be entered from various points along Burma and Tanner Roads, but the main entry is from lower down Ross Creek at Glenleith. A further track links the reserve with a walkway which follows the course of the
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The reservoir is surrounded by a public reserve which has been allowed to regenerate with native bush. Though not technically covered by the New Zealand Reserves Act, the area is referred to as a reserve and managed and maintained as such by the
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flood channel. The lower parts of the reserve's tracks close to Glenleith are also notable, as they pass through the narrowest part of the Ross Creek's valley, which rises as canyon walls on both sides of the track and creek.
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The School Creek Waterfall was created when the waters of Ross Creek were diverted during construction of the reservoir.
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Ross Creek Reservoir in 2009, looking north. Valve tower to the right.
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past a former quarry to link with tracks which run through
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Ross Creek Reservoir in 2009, looking north
Dunedin
South Island
45°50′50″S 170°29′55″E / 45.8471°S 170.4986°E / -45.8471; 170.4986
Type
reservoir
Primary inflows
Primary outflows
Basin
ASL
artificial lake
Dunedin
New Zealand
Otago gold rush
David Proudfoot
New Zealand Historic Places Trust
Glenleith
Water of Leith
above sea level

Dunedin City Council
Maori Hill
Balmacewen Golf Course
orienteering
Water of Leith
Woodhaugh Gardens
Leith Valley
The School Creek Waterfall was created when the waters of Ross Creek were diverted during construction of the reservoir.
Reservoir valve tower
Ross Reservoir, Dunedin (1925)

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