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Highlands Motorsport Park
Circuit and motoring museum at Cromwell in Central Otago, offering supercar rides alongside State Highway 6.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Alexandra
Otago, New Zealand · Oceania
About Alexandra
Alexandra is worth a stop: 30 minutes from Cromwell, 44km from Crown Range Road.
Alexandra is in Otago, New Zealand, with about 5,800 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Cromwell, about 27 km away.
Alexandra (Māori: Manuherikia or Areketanara) is a town in the Central Otago district of the South Island of New Zealand. It is on the banks of the Clutha River (at the confluence of the Manuherikia River), on State Highway 8, 188 kilometres (117 mi) by road from Dunedin and 33 kilometres (21 mi) south of Cromwell.Read more
The nearest towns to Alexandra via state highway 8 are Clyde seven kilometres to the northwest and Roxburgh forty kilometres to the south. State highway 85 also connects Alexandra to Omakau, Lauder, Oturehua, Ranfurly and on to Palmerston on the East Otago coast.
The town of Alexandra is home to 5,860 people as of June 2025.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Alexandra?
Within an hour or so of Alexandra: Highlands Motorsport Park (26 km), Crown Range Road (44 km), Crown Range Summit (44 km), Kawarau Gorge (Argonath / Pillars of the Kings) (46 km).
Are there any good drives near Alexandra?
The nearest famous roads are Crown Range Road, Crown Range Summit and Kingston–Queenstown Road (SH6).
Where is Alexandra?
Alexandra is in Otago, New Zealand, about 27 km from Cromwell.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,830
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -45.2484, 169.3701
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Many rural bridges are single-lane. Give way as signed.
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Worth the detour from Alexandra
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
famous road
Crown Range Road
New Zealand's highest sealed road at 1,076 meters, a dramatic alpine crossing between Queenstown and Wanaka.
44 km · about 50 min drive
mountain pass
Crown Range Summit
Highest sealed through-road in New Zealand at 1,076 m, linking Queenstown and Wanaka with hairpin bends and a summit viewpoint.
44 km · about 50 min drive
film location
Kawarau Gorge (Argonath / Pillars of the Kings)
The Kawarau River gorge east of Queenstown supplied the river scene where the Fellowship passes the Argonath.
46 km · about 55 min drive
cafe
Cardrona Hotel
A legendary 1863 gold rush hotel on the Crown Range Road between Queenstown and Wanaka, one of New Zealand's most iconic roadside pit stops.
50 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Cardrona Bra Fence
A wire fence on the Cardrona Valley Road between Wanaka and Queenstown hung with thousands of bras since 1999, now an official breast-cancer-charity collection point.
51 km · about 60 min drive
famous road
Kingston–Queenstown Road (SH6)
A stunning lakeside drive along the shores of Lake Wakatipu from Kingston to Queenstown beneath the Remarkables mountain range.
54 km · about 60 min drive
famous road
Crown Range Road
New Zealand's highest sealed road at 1,076m, a switchback climb between Queenstown and Wanaka.
55 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Alexandra
- 44 kmCrown Range RoadNew Zealand's highest sealed road at 1,076 meters, a dramatic alpine crossing between Queenstown and Wanaka.
- 44 kmCrown Range SummitHighest sealed through-road in New Zealand at 1,076 m, linking Queenstown and Wanaka with hairpin bends and a summit viewpoint.
- 54 kmKingston–Queenstown Road (SH6)A stunning lakeside drive along the shores of Lake Wakatipu from Kingston to Queenstown beneath the Remarkables mountain range.
- 55 kmCrown Range RoadNew Zealand's highest sealed road at 1,076m, a switchback climb between Queenstown and Wanaka.
- 57 kmRemarkables Viewpoint (Queenstown)A lakeside pull-off on the road to Queenstown where The Remarkables mountain range reflects in the mirror-calm waters of Lake Wakatipu.
- 76 kmLindis PassA 971 m pass on SH8 through rolling tussock-gold hills between the Mackenzie Basin and Central Otago: one of New Zealand's most photographed stretches of high-country road.
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