Limehills, Southland Map

About Limehills, Southland

Limehills is a locality in the Southland Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 72 m above sea level. It lies approximately 37 km north of Invercargill, the regional capital. Limehills is located at 46.0667°S, 168.3333°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Limehills rests in a broad, fertile basin, its landscape defined by the gentle, sweeping curves of the land. It lies 37.1 km north of Invercargill (from Invercargill: bearing 358°T), and is situated 9.3 km north of Winton. The earth here is a rich, loamy brown, broken by the more muted greens of pasture and the darker, more textured hues of native bush clinging to the lower slopes of the Heale Ridge. The air often carries the clean, crisp scent of distance, a subtle coolness that hints at the more rugged country beyond. To the west, the Oreti River, a strong, purposeful ribbon of water, carves its path through the valley, its flow a constant, murmuring presence that shapes the land around it. The sky above Limehills is vast, an expanse that shifts through a spectrum of blues and greys, often brushed with the soft, diffused light of the Southland plains.

The history of Limehills is tied to the enduring rhythm of the land and the steady work of those who have shaped it. Dairy farming forms the backbone of the local economy, the rolling paddocks a testament to generations of cultivation and careful stewardship. The rich soil, a legacy of ancient volcanic activity, supports not only the dairy herds but also smaller holdings dedicated to sheep and beef. While not a hub of industry, Limehills possesses a quiet self-sufficiency, a community that understands the value of hard work and neighbourly support. The nearby Taylors Bush offers a sanctuary of native flora, a remnant of the country's wilder past, providing a quiet contrast to the cultivated fields that surround Limehills.

About This Limehills Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Limehills, Southland, New Zealand at coordinates -46.06667, 168.33333. 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 Limehills.

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