Quarry Hills, Southland Map

About Quarry Hills, Southland

Quarry Hills is a locality in the Southland Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 103 m above sea level. It lies approximately 55 km east-southeast of Invercargill, the regional capital. Quarry Hills is located at 46.5500°S, 169.0333°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Quarry Hills rests in a landscape of gentle, rounded slopes, a tapestry of muted greens and ochres that speak of fertile soil and a patient, agrarian rhythm. It lies 54.9 km east-south-east of Invercargill (from Invercargill: bearing 108°T), and is situated 27.9 km south-south-east of Wyndham. The land, softened by eons of wind and rain, rolls towards the distant, shimmering expanse of the South Pacific, though the direct tang of the sea is softened by the eleven kilometres of intervening terrain. Here, the West Branch Waikawa River, a silver thread, carves its way through the lower country, its banks often fringed with hardy native grasses and the occasional stand of wind-sculpted trees. The air itself carries a certain cleanness, a subtle coolness that hints at the proximity of the broader ocean and the higher reaches of the Forest Range, which form a hazy, blue-grey backdrop to the south.

This region of Quarry Hills has long been shaped by the enduring legacy of its early settlers and the bounty of the land. Dairy farming forms the bedrock of its economy, with emerald pastures stretching as far as the eye can see, punctuated by the slow, deliberate movement of herds. Echoes of a past, more rugged industry can be found in the very name of Quarry Hills, a reminder of the stone that once fuelled local construction and perhaps even some of the foundational structures in neighbouring settlements. While the open coastline and the bustling activity of Waikawa Harbour are a significant draw for travellers and a vital hub for commercial fishing, the heart of Quarry Hills beats with a quieter pulse, sustained by the steady output of its farms and the deep-rooted connection its inhabitants feel to this particular stretch of Southland.

About This Quarry Hills Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Quarry Hills, Southland, New Zealand at coordinates -46.55, 169.03333. 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.

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