famous road
Baldwin Street
Dunedin's famously vertiginous suburban street, long certified by Guinness as the world's steepest at a 35% gradient: a quirky bucket-list detour for any South Island road trip.
4 km · about 10 min drive
OceaniaNew ZealandOtago
Roslyn
Otago, New Zealand · Oceania
About Roslyn
Roslyn works well as a base: 4km from Baldwin Street.
Roslyn is in Otago, New Zealand, with about 3,000 people. You drive on the left here.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Roslyn?
Within an hour or so of Roslyn: Baldwin Street (4 km), Tunnel Beach (6 km), Larnach Castle (11 km), Sandfly Bay (13 km).
Are there any good drives near Roslyn?
The nearest famous roads are Baldwin Street.
Where is Roslyn?
Roslyn is in Otago, New Zealand.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 3,020
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -45.8667, 170.4833
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Essential numbers in New Zealand
Many rural bridges are single-lane. Give way as signed.
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Worth the detour from Roslyn
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
Tunnel Beach
A hand-cut sandstone tunnel commissioned in the 1870s descends through the cliff to a hidden cove with a sea arch and stacks, south of Dunedin. A steep 20-minute walk down.
6 km · about 10 min drive
castle
Larnach Castle
1871 Gothic Revival mansion on the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand's only castle, with gardens and views over Otago Harbour.
11 km · about 20 min drive
beach
Sandfly Bay
A steep dune descent on the Otago Peninsula leads to a beach where New Zealand sea lions haul out and yellow-eyed penguins come ashore at dusk, watched from a DOC hide.
13 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Roslyn
- Right hereBaldwin StreetDunedin's famously vertiginous suburban street, long certified by Guinness as the world's steepest at a 35% gradient: a quirky bucket-list detour for any South Island road trip.
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