The coastline and hilltops provide views across Cook Strait to the South Island.

The reserve includes bush-clad gullies and exposed ridgelines, and has a variety of walking and mountain biking tracks.

[4] There is a flat walking track along the beach from the Owhiro Bay entrance to Te Kopahou Reserve, past an old quarry and a small group of historic cottages from the early 1900s, to the Red Rocks Scientific Reserve and beyond the distinctive red rocks to Devil's Gate at Sinclair Head.

[5] In 2020 and 2021, the Wellington City Council consulted with the community over a draft long-term plan for the development of tracks in Te Kopahou Reserve.

[6] In 2021, the scenery of Te Kopahou Reserve was used as the main visual backdrop in a music video by the locally based artist Lake South, for his track Townbelt.