Collinswood, Otago Map

About Collinswood, Otago

Collinswood is a locality in the Otago Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 26 m above sea level. It lies approximately 7 km east of Dunedin, the regional capital. Collinswood is located at 45.8723°S, 170.5940°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Collinswood rests in a gentle embrace of rolling farmland, the land here a patchwork of emerald pastures stitched with the darker green of native bush. It lies 7.0 km east of Dunedin (from Dunedin: bearing 88°T), and is situated 5.3 km east-south-east of North East Valley. The air, carrying the faint tang of salt from the coast, breathes across the undulating terrain, a subtle reminder of Raynbirds Bay, a mere two kilometres to the east. Distant, the muted grey forms of Long Ridge etch a soft horizon, a silent sentinel to the south, while to the west, the placid surface of Tomahawk Lagoon shimmers, reflecting the broad, often cloud-swept Otago sky. The physical character of Collinswood is one of quiet resilience, where the land yields its bounty with a steady, unpretentious grace.

The economic heart of Collinswood has long beaten to the rhythm of the land, its pastures a testament to generations of dairy farming that have shaped its character. While sheep and beef farming also weave through the local economy, the rich soil and the proximity to coastal breezes lend themselves to a burgeoning horticulture, with orchards of crisp apples and the vibrant green of kiwifruit vines dotting the neighbouring properties. The echoes of earlier industries, perhaps a small fishing fleet that once plied the waters of Raynbirds Bay, can still be felt in the local lore, a subtle undercurrent beneath the present-day prosperity. The Mount Cargill Walk, a popular local track, offers a vantage point to survey this productive landscape, a panorama that speaks of a history grounded in honest toil and a future cultivated with care.

About This Collinswood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Collinswood, Otago, New Zealand at coordinates -45.87227, 170.59401. 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 Collinswood.

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