Devil's Staircase Lookout

Devil's Staircase Lookout sits at 1,061 ft on the Southland & the Catlins byway, with the terrain dropping 51 ft within 600 m of the overlook. Pukeraki / Mount Dick rises to the west-southwest at 3.2 mi, reaching 5,922 ft. Tapuae-o-Uenuku / Hector Mountains lies southeast at 4.4 mi with an elevation of 4,674 ft, and Lorn Peak stands south-southeast at 7.2 mi, at 5,374 ft. Day length varies across the year: around the March equinox, sunrise is at 07:47 and sunset at 20:00; at the June solstice, sunrise comes later at 08:25 and sunset earlier at 17:09; around the September equinox, sunrise is at 06:36 and sunset at 18:41; and at the December solstice, sunrise is at 05:54 with sunset at 21:33. The lookout is positioned along the byway between Halfway Bay lookout and The Key Scenic View, making it one stop within a sequence of viewpoints along this route.