Greenfield, Otago Map

About Greenfield, Otago

Greenfield is a locality in the Otago Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 92 m above sea level. It lies approximately 75 km west-southwest of Dunedin, the regional capital. Greenfield is located at 46.1000°S, 169.5833°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Greenfield lies cradled by the undulating folds of the Otago landscape, a place where the land breathes a quiet, earthy scent. It lies 75.4 km west-south-west of Dunedin (from Dunedin: bearing 250°T), and is situated 19.7 km north-west of Balclutha. Rolling hills, cloaked in a mosaic of emerald pasture and ochre tussock, stretch towards the hazy blue of the distant Kaihiku Ranges. The Waitahuna River, a silver ribbon of water, meanders close by, its murmur a constant, gentle companion. Here, the air carries a crispness, a hint of the inland climate, and the light, particularly in the late afternoon, possesses a luminous quality, bathing the fields in a warm, golden hue.

This quiet corner of Otago has long been shaped by the land and the hardy souls who have worked it. The local economy is deeply rooted in agriculture, with sheep and beef farming forming the backbone of its sustenance, the woolly flocks dotting the slopes like scattered clouds. Further afield, the vastness of Rankleburn Forest hints at the timber industry that has also played a part in Greenfield's story. While not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling throngs, Greenfield possesses a distinct character, a sense of continuity where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, a testament to generations who have found their livelihood and their peace in this fertile valley.

About This Greenfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Greenfield, Otago, New Zealand at coordinates -46.1, 169.58333. 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 Greenfield.

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