Kakepuku
- Prominence
- 391 m1,282 ft
- Isolation
- 12 km
- Tonight
- 8°CCloudy · Wind 18 km/h W
Kakepuku is a 449 m (1,473 ft) mountain in Waikato Region, New Zealand.
All facts
- Elevation
- 449 m · 1,473 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Pirongia Mountain (959 m)
- Region
- Waikato Region, New Zealand
- Coordinates
- 38.0663° S, 175.2499° E
Kakepuku 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km
Kakepuku terrain and contours
20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Kakepuku elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Kakepuku weather
Today · Partly cloudy · 8 / 15°C (46 / 59°F) · Wind 18 km/h W
Kakepuku forecast for the summit, about 449 m.
- Today8°15°–18 km/h W
- Sun7°15°–22 km/h W
- Mon8°15°0.1 mm21 km/h NW
- Tue6°15°11.7 mm24 km/h NW
- Wed5°14°0.8 mm19 km/h W
- Thu9°14°4.7 mm30 km/h W
- Fri7°14°–24 km/h SW
- Sat8°14°–17 km/h W
- Sun8°16°0.7 mm14 km/h N
- Mon10°17°15.7 mm24 km/h N
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Kakepuku
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Kakepuku, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.6 km NW
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 87% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.7% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 426 m low point 24 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Where Kakepuku sits
- Region
- Waikato Region13New Zealand112Oceania282
Nearby places
Kakepuku downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Print & wall
3D printing & 3D apps
GIS & GPS
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 450 m at the summit; the official height is 449 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 449 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 450 m | +1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 447 m | -2 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-01-29)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)