Sherwood Rise, Northland Map

About Sherwood Rise, Northland

Sherwood Rise is a locality in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 45 m above sea level. It lies approximately 4 km south-east of Whangarei, the regional capital. Sherwood Rise is located at 35.7487°S, 174.3598°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Sherwood Rise unfolds across a landscape where rolling country meets the distant murmur of the sea. It lies 3.8 km east-south-east of Whangarei (from Whangarei: bearing 120°T), and is situated 7.6 km south-south-east of Tikipunga. The land here is a tapestry of soft greens, of pasture lands giving way to pockets of native bush, the air carrying the faint, salty tang from Whangarei Harbour, some seven kilometres distant. The terrain breathes with gentle undulations, the kind that invite the eye to wander and the spirit to settle, where the Hatea River, a ribbon of silver, snakes its patient course a few kilometres away, feeding the fertile soil. Sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, seems to linger here, casting long shadows and bathing the scattered homes and farm buildings in a warm, golden hue.

This is a place where the past whispers through the present, a quiet testament to the generations who have worked this land. The local economy, still anchored by the enduring strength of dairy farming, also embraces the burgeoning potential of horticulture, with orchards and kiwifruit vines dotting the neighbouring fields. While the open coast is a drive away, the proximity to Whangarei Harbour has shaped its history, a connection that still resonates in the occasional calls of seabirds carried on the breeze. The Waimahanga Track, a kilometre away, offers a pathway through this natural beauty, a reminder of the enduring connection between people and the land that sustains them, a place where the rhythm of life is as steady as the turning of the seasons.

About This Sherwood Rise Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sherwood Rise, Northland, New Zealand at coordinates -35.74867, 174.35985. 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.

My Location & Navigate starts the vector-tile navigator: live turn-by-turn driving directions from your current position to any destination, with spoken guidance, lane hints and automatic re-routing.

Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time New Zealand and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorial description provides background on Sherwood Rise.

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