Mossburn, Southland Map

About Mossburn, Southland

Mossburn is a locality in the Southland Region of New Zealand. It is a small community with a population of 210. It sits at an elevation of around 288 m above sea level. It lies approximately 82 km north of Invercargill, the regional capital. Mossburn is located at 45.6667°S, 168.2500°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT). Statistics New Zealand classifies the area as a rural settlement.

Mossburn rests in a broad, green basin where the land begins its gradual rise towards the North Range. It lies 81.9 km north of Invercargill (from Invercargill: bearing 355°T), and is situated 50.0 km south-east of Te Anau. The landscape here is a quilt of pasture and cultivated fields, stitched together by the silver thread of the Oreti River, which flows a short distance to the east. The air, crisp and carrying the scent of damp earth and distant livestock, often holds a pearly light in the early mornings, softening the edges of the rolling hills that cradle the locality. To the north, Taylors Forest offers a darker, more brooding counterpoint to the open farmland, a dense expanse of native bush that hints at cooler, wilder country beyond.

The economic heart of Mossburn has long been tied to the rich soil and the animals it sustains. Dairy herds, their coats glossy in the Southland sun, are a common sight, their milk a steady flow into the regional processing plants. Sheep and beef farming also play a significant role, contributing to the enduring character of this agricultural hub. While the Oreti River provides a vital water source, the nearest significant body of water, Lake Thomas, lies a considerable distance away, a reminder of Mossburn’s inland position. This locality, though not a place of dramatic geological pronouncements, carries the quiet resilience of a community built on hard work and the enduring bounty of the land.

About This Mossburn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mossburn, Southland, New Zealand at coordinates -45.66667, 168.25. 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 Mossburn.

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