Howard Junction, Tasman Map

About Howard Junction, Tasman

Howard Junction is a locality in the Tasman Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 396 m above sea level. It lies approximately 59 km south-west of Richmond, the regional capital. Howard Junction is located at 41.7000°S, 172.6667°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Howard Junction lies cradled by rolling country, a broad expanse of pastoral land where the earth shows its colours in broad strokes of ochre and deep green. It lies 63.6 km south-west of Stoke (from Stoke: bearing 228°T), and is situated 29.8 km east-north-east of Murchison. The land here is sculpted by the steady, unhurried flow of the Howard River, its waters a constant murmur in the distance, carving its path through the valley floor. Inland from the coast, the air carries the dry scent of tussock and warmed earth, a subtle perfume that shifts with the wind that sweeps across the open spaces, hinting at the vastness of the Braeburn Range that forms a distant, brooding horizon. Native bush, a dense tapestry of greens, clings to the steeper slopes, a wild counterpoint to the neatly managed pastures.

The pulse of Howard Junction is tied to the land, its economy a quiet hum of sheep and beef farming, the wool shorn and the cattle moved with a practiced, generational rhythm. For decades, forestry has also played its part, the scent of pine sometimes mingling with the pastoral aromas, a reminder of the cycles of growth and harvest. The Kawatiri Walkway, a ribbon of path winding through the countryside, draws travellers seeking the quietude of the landscape, a place to reconnect with the simpler rhythms of nature. Though not a bustling hub, Howard Junction possesses a distinct character, a place where the history of hard work and resourceful living is etched into the very fabric of the land, a quiet testament to those who have called this corner of the Tasman Region home.

About This Howard Junction Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Howard Junction, Tasman, New Zealand at coordinates -41.7, 172.66667. 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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Howard Junction sits within the Tasman Region. Location data is drawn from the GeoNames geographical database and verified by coordinates, ensuring the correct Howard Junction is identified even where the name is shared across multiple New Zealand localities.