Lake Hāwea
- Area
- 149 km²
- Tonight
- 10°CPartly cloudy · Wind 24 km/h N
Lake Hāwea is a lake at 345 m above sea level in Otago Region, New Zealand, 149 km² in area and 41.4 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 345 m
- Length
- 41.4 km
- Shoreline
- 119.3 km
Lake Hāwea in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 119.3 km
Lake Hāwea 3D map
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Lake Hāwea terrain and contours
100 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.
Lake Hāwea elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Hāwea weather
Today · Fair · 10 / 16°C (50 / 61°F) · Wind 24 km/h N
Lake Hāwea forecast for about 345 m.
- Today10°16°–24 km/h N
- Sun12°18°2.6 mm25 km/h NW
- Mon6°15°50.7 mm33 km/h N
- Tue5°11°0.1 mm12 km/h N
- Wed6°10°12.0 mm18 km/h N
- Thu3°11°0.3 mm15 km/h NW
- Fri9°12°0.9 mm15 km/h NW
- Sat10°16°4.9 mm16 km/h N
- Sun11°14°75.3 mm15 km/h N
- Mon3°6°15.3 mm9 km/h S
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 Lake Hāwea
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Hāwea, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Lake Hawea Lookout
Nearest campsite
Kidds Bush Reserve Campsite
Nearest hut
Junction Hut
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Lake Hawea LookoutParking | 3.0 km WSW |
| Isthmus Track ParkingParking | 4.7 km NW |
| Isthmus Track ParkingParking | 5.1 km NW |
| Campsite | 5.4 km SW |
| Kidds Bush Reserve CampsiteCampsite | 6.7 km NNW |
| Junction HutHut | 7.2 km ESE |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 34.3% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,545 m low point 278 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 362 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Sweet-brier21
- Mānuka19
- Austral Bracken18
- Coastal bush lupine17
- Red mistletoe14
- Mountain beech14
Where Lake Hāwea sits
- Region
- Otago Region19New Zealand112Oceania282
Nearby places
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-21)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
- 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)