North Mount Egmont, Taranaki Map

About North Mount Egmont, Taranaki

North Mount Egmont is a locality in the Taranaki Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 1032 m above sea level. It lies approximately 24 km south of New Plymouth, the regional capital. North Mount Egmont is located at 39.2833°S, 174.1000°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

North Mount Egmont rises, a solitary sentinel of earth and ancient lava, its slopes a verdant tapestry of native bush and hardy tussock. It lies 24.1 km south of New Plymouth (from New Plymouth: bearing 177°T), and is situated 14.9 km south of Mangorei. The air here, even at this distance from the coast, carries a crispness, a clean breath drawn from the high, silent reaches of the mountain. Rivers, born from snowmelt and rain, carve their paths through the undulating land, eventually feeding into the Patea River which flows a mere four kilometres distant. The land itself, sculpted by millennia of volcanic activity and the persistent work of water, presents a rugged beauty; rolling hills give way to steeper inclines, and the dense, dark green of the ngahere presses close, punctuated by the occasional clearing of farmland.

The story of North Mount Egmont is deeply entwined with the land's bounty. Dairy farming forms the backbone of the local economy, the rich volcanic soil fostering lush pastures for contented herds. This agricultural rhythm is a constant hum, a quiet industry that has sustained generations. History whispers from the land too, in the echoes of early settlers who carved their lives from this challenging terrain, and in the enduring presence of the mountain itself, a silent witness to the passage of time. Travellers drawn to the region often find themselves exploring the Curtis Falls Track, a kilometre from the heart of North Mount Egmont, its path leading to the graceful cascade of Curtis Falls, a two-kilometre journey further inland. The nearby Razorback ridge, a mere two kilometres away, offers a dramatic counterpoint to the mountain's soft, rounded form.

About This North Mount Egmont Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of North Mount Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand at coordinates -39.28333, 174.1. 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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North Mount Egmont sits within the Taranaki Region. Location data is drawn from the GeoNames geographical database and verified by coordinates, ensuring the correct North Mount Egmont is identified even where the name is shared across multiple New Zealand localities.