Point Wells, Auckland Map

About Point Wells, Auckland

Point Wells is a locality in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It lies approximately 58 km north of Auckland, the regional capital. Point Wells is located at 36.3248°S, 174.7563°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT). Statistics New Zealand classifies the area as a small urban area.

Point Wells rests on a gentle incline, a place where the land softens towards the embrace of Whangateau Harbour. It lies 52.8 km north of North Shore (from North Shore: bearing 1°T), and is situated 11.6 km north-east of Warkworth. The landscape here is a tapestry of emerald pastures, stitched with the darker threads of native bush, unfurling towards the coastal air. The soil, a rich, dark loam, holds the memory of ancient volcanic activity, now softened by centuries of rain and sun into a fertile cradle for growth. The Omaha River, a silver ribbon, meanders close by, its banks often fringed with flax and the reeds that whisper secrets to the passing breeze. The light, especially in the late afternoon, falls in a buttery wash over the paddocks, illuminating the dew-kissed grass with a fleeting, ethereal glow.

This quiet corner of the region has long been shaped by the ebb and flow of the tides and the steady pulse of agriculture. Dairy farming is the enduring heart of Point Wells, its rhythm dictated by the milking sheds and the seasons of growth. The air, particularly on a still morning, carries the faint, sweet scent of cut grass and the distant tang of salt from the nearby harbour, a constant reminder of its coastal proximity. While its history is not etched in grand monuments, it is deeply embedded in the generations who have tended this land, their lives intertwined with the fertile earth and the quiet pursuit of sustenance. The nearby Omaha Forest offers a cooler, shaded respite, its canopy a dense, green ceiling against the bright New Zealand sun.

About This Point Wells Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Point Wells, Auckland, New Zealand at coordinates -36.32484, 174.75632. 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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Point Wells sits within the Auckland Region. Location data is drawn from the GeoNames geographical database and verified by coordinates, ensuring the correct Point Wells is identified even where the name is shared across multiple New Zealand localities.