Nolantown, Taranaki Map

About Nolantown, Taranaki

Nolantown is a locality in the Taranaki Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 100 m above sea level. It lies approximately 59 km south-southeast of New Plymouth, the regional capital. Nolantown is located at 39.5782°S, 174.2802°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Nolantown breathes a quiet, earthy scent, a blend of damp soil and the distant tang of the South Taranaki Bight carried on the prevailing breeze. It lies 59.4 km south-south-east of New Plymouth (from New Plymouth: bearing 163°T), and is situated 1.5 km north of Hawera. Here, the land unfurls in generous, undulating swells, a patchwork quilt of verdant pastures stitched with the darker, richer hues of native bush that spills down from the gentle slopes of the Tarere Range. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a cool, dewy kiss, and the sunlight, when it breaks through the often-present cloud cover, has a soft, diffused quality that paints the rolling hills in shades of emerald and gold. The Tangahoe River, a silver thread, meanders through the lower country, its banks often fringed with the dense, sheltering foliage of native trees, a constant murmur of water a soothing undertone to the landscape's hushed grandeur.

The lifeblood of Nolantown has long been drawn from the fertile earth, a tradition stretching back to the pioneering days of dairy farming that continues to define its economic pulse. Fields, meticulously managed, yield their creamy bounty, a testament to generations of toil and an intimate understanding of the land's rhythms. While the dairy herds are the most visible sign of this agricultural heritage, pockets of forestry also dot the periphery, their orderly rows whispering of timber and industry. The proximity to the South Taranaki Bight, though a considerable distance, subtly influences the local character, a reminder of the wider world and the potential for trade or sustenance from the sea, a possibility that has shaped the aspirations of this inland farming community for over a century.

About This Nolantown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nolantown, Taranaki, New Zealand at coordinates -39.57825, 174.28021. 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.

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