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.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Saint Clair
Otago, New Zealand · Oceania
About Saint Clair
Saint Clair works well as a base: 5 minutes from Tainui, 9km from Baldwin Street.
Saint Clair is in Otago, New Zealand, with about 2,400 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Tainui, about 4 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Saint Clair?
Within an hour or so of Saint Clair: Tunnel Beach (2 km), Baldwin Street (9 km), Larnach Castle (13 km), Sandfly Bay (13 km).
Are there any good drives near Saint Clair?
The nearest famous roads are Baldwin Street.
Where is Saint Clair?
Saint Clair is in Otago, New Zealand, about 4 km from Tainui.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,390
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Otago
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -45.9167, 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 Saint Clair
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
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.
9 km · about 15 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.
13 km · about 25 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 Saint Clair
- 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.
- 78 kmNugget Point LighthouseA wave-battered headland in the Catlins where an 1870 lighthouse overlooks jagged sea-stack 'nuggets', fur seals and penguins: reached by a scenic coastal road and short clifftop walk.
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