Alicetown, Wellington Map

About Alicetown, Wellington

Alicetown is a locality in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It has a population of approximately 2,960. It sits at an elevation of around 72 m above sea level. It lies approximately 13 km north-east of Wellington, the regional capital. Alicetown is located at 41.2083°S, 174.8902°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT). Statistics New Zealand classifies the area as a small urban area.

Alicetown unfolds with a quiet grace, its houses climbing gently from the banks of the Hutt River, a ribbon of grey-green water that whispers of its journey from the inland hills. It lies 2.4 km west-north-west of Lower Hutt (from Lower Hutt: bearing 293°T), and is situated 13.0 km north-east of Wellington. The land here is a tapestry of rolling farmland, punctuated by pockets of native bush, its emerald depths often shimmering with the moisture of the Wellington air. To the east, Drummond Ridge forms a stoic backdrop, its slopes softened by distance, while the tang of the sea, though kilometres away, is a subtle presence, carried on the breeze that rustles through the gum trees. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-brooding Wellington sky, spills across the landscape in broad, golden swathes, illuminating the rich, dark soil of market gardens and the pale, sun-bleached grasses of the paddocks.

The history of Alicetown is entwined with the fertile valley it inhabits, a place where early settlers recognised the potential of the land for agriculture. Today, the local economy hums with a blend of horticultural enterprise, supplying the neighbouring centres with a bounty of produce, and the steady rhythm of small businesses serving the community. The proximity to Lowry Bay, a mere five kilometres distant, offers a coastal counterpoint to the inland charm, a place where weekenders and locals alike can breathe in the salty air and watch the tides ebb and flow. While not a hub of grand institutions, Alicetown holds a quiet dignity, a place where the echoes of its past are felt in the enduring connection to the land and the water, a subtle resilience that characterises life in this corner of the Wellington Region.

About This Alicetown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alicetown, Wellington, New Zealand at coordinates -41.20827, 174.89019. 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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Alicetown sits within the Wellington Region. Location data is drawn from the GeoNames geographical database and verified by coordinates, ensuring the correct Alicetown is identified even where the name is shared across multiple New Zealand localities.