Bell Hill, West Coast Map

About Bell Hill, West Coast

Bell Hill is a locality in the West Coast Region of New Zealand. It sits at an elevation of around 247 m above sea level. It lies approximately 34 km east-southeast of Greymouth, the regional capital. Bell Hill is located at 42.5500°S, 171.6000°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT).

Bell Hill lies in a landscape of rounded, verdant hills that roll towards the distant shimmer of the Tasman Sea. It lies 131.3 km north-north-west of Rolleston (from Rolleston: bearing 331°T), and is situated 23.3 km east-south-east of Dobson. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of native bush, a rich tapestry of ferns and mosses that clings to the slopes, occasionally giving way to cleared pastureland where sheep graze contentedly. The land itself feels ancient, sculpted by millennia of rainfall and the gentle, persistent erosion that has shaped the West Coast’s characteristic contours. In the distance, the rugged peaks of the Alexander Range stand as a dark, brooding silhouette against the often-dramatic sky.

The economic pulse of Bell Hill has long been tied to the land, with a history rooted in the hardy pioneers who first cleared these hills for farming. While sheep and beef farming remain a cornerstone, a growing diversification into horticulture, particularly kiwifruit orchards that blush with fruit in the autumn sun, has brought a new vibrancy. The proximity to Cashmere Bay, a mere eleven kilometres away, hints at a historical connection to coastal trade and perhaps even the whispers of old fishing fleets, though the Crooked River, flowing ten kilometres to the east, dictates more of the inland agricultural rhythms. Bell Hill Reserve, a few kilometres south, stands as a quiet testament to the enduring natural beauty that continues to draw travellers to this unique corner of the region.

About This Bell Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bell Hill, West Coast, New Zealand at coordinates -42.55, 171.6. 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.

Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time New Zealand and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorial description provides background on Bell Hill.

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