Abel Tasman National Park, Tasman Map

About Abel Tasman National Park, Tasman

Abel Tasman National Park is a locality in the Tasman Region of New Zealand. It lies approximately 51 km north-northwest of Richmond, the regional capital. Abel Tasman National Park is located at 40.9122°S, 172.9701°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT). Statistics New Zealand classifies the area as a small urban area.

Abel Tasman National Park embraces a coastline of striking contrasts, where granite cliffs, softened by millennia of wind and sea, give way to pockets of dense, emerald native bush. It lies 47.8 km north-north-west of Nelson (from Nelson: bearing 326°T), and is situated 24.9 km north of Motueka. The air itself carries the tang of salt, a constant reminder of the Tasman Sea that laps at its shores, though the park's immediate vicinity is some distance from its open expanse. Inland, the land rises into the rugged contours of Evans Ridge, a silent sentinel watching over valleys carved by the steady flow of the Torrent River. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in luminous shafts, illuminating the forest floor and the occasional, jewel-like Cleopatras Pool, a secret held within the landscape. In the distance, one can almost hear the whisper of the tides, drawing and releasing the abundant life of the coast.

This land, now preserved as Abel Tasman National Park, was once a different sort of frontier. Its early history is tied to the resourceful spirit of those who sought sustenance from its shores and forests, and later, to the growing awareness of its unique ecological value. The local economy, though no longer dominated by the industries of the past, still feels the echo of its maritime roots, with tourism now playing a significant role, drawing travellers from afar to its famed walking tracks, like the Inland Track, and the breathtaking cascade of Jenkins Falls. The land here is a testament to resilience, from the hardy flora clinging to rocky outcrops to the enduring spirit of those who have called this region home, a place where the wild beauty of nature remains paramount.

About This Abel Tasman National Park Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Abel Tasman National Park, Tasman, New Zealand at coordinates -40.91222, 172.97012. 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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Abel Tasman National Park sits within the Tasman Region. Location data is drawn from the GeoNames geographical database and verified by coordinates, ensuring the correct Abel Tasman National Park is identified even where the name is shared across multiple New Zealand localities.