Freemans Bay, Auckland Map

About Freemans Bay, Auckland

Freemans Bay is a locality in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It has a population of approximately 4,360. It sits at an elevation of around 39 m above sea level. It lies approximately 2 km west of Auckland, the regional capital. Freemans Bay is located at 36.8482°S, 174.7402°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT). Statistics New Zealand classifies the area as a small urban area.

Freemans Bay, with its gentle slopes and sheltered inlets, offers a nuanced portrait of Auckland's coastal edge. It lies 2.1 km west of Auckland (from Auckland: bearing 271°T), and is situated 5.4 km south of North Shore. The land here rolls softly towards the glimmering expanse of Saint Marys Bay, a kilometre or so distant, its tide a constant, quiet breath against the shore. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a faint salt tang, a reminder of the proximity to the sea, and the light, as it begins to soften, washes over the rooftops and gardens with a warm, almost buttery hue. The Sky Tower, a distant needle piercing the urban skyline, stands as a bold, modern counterpoint to the more organic curves of the land, a constant marker of the city's pulse.

This stretch of coastline has long been a nexus of activity, its history intertwined with the ebb and flow of maritime enterprise and the quiet growth of residential neighbourhoods. In earlier times, the land would have been shaped by the needs of those who drew sustenance from the sea, a tradition that, in modified forms, persists. Today, Freemans Bay hums with a different kind of energy, a vibrant blend of commerce and community, where the scent of blooming jasmine mingles with the distant, organised thrum of city life. The local economy, while diversified, still holds a connection to the waters, with pleasure craft bobbing in sheltered marinas and a steady stream of travellers drawn to the area's unique character and proximity to urban centres.

About This Freemans Bay Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Freemans Bay, Auckland, New Zealand at coordinates -36.8482, 174.74019. Use the Map and Satellite buttons to switch views, the plus and minus buttons to zoom, and Fullscreen to fill the screen.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map with four things the embedded map cannot do. It searches OpenStreetMap for any New Zealand town, suburb or landmark by name. It offers LINZ topographic maps as a base layer — the official Topo250 and Topo50 sheets, switching scale automatically as you zoom, and the standard reference for tramping, hunting and back-country travel. It offers LINZ aerial imagery down to 5cm resolution in urban areas. And it can take a single GPS fix from your device and report your position as both an NZTM2000 grid reference and plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what New Zealand search and rescue services work from. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map itself cannot load.

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Freemans Bay sits within the Auckland Region. Location data is drawn from the GeoNames geographical database and verified by coordinates, ensuring the correct Freemans Bay is identified even where the name is shared across multiple New Zealand localities.