Lake Rotoaira
- Area
- 16 km²
- Tonight
- 14°CRain · Wind 12 km/h N
Lake Rotoaira is a lake at 564 m above sea level in Waikato Region, New Zealand, 16 km² in area and 6.5 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 564 m
- Length
- 6.5 km
- Shoreline
- 23.7 km
Lake Rotoaira in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 23.7 km≈6 h to walk around
Lake Rotoaira 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.5 × 8.5 km
Lake Rotoaira terrain and contours
25 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 Rotoaira elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Rotoaira weather
Tonight · Rain · 14°C (57°F) · 5.1 mm · Wind 12 km/h N
Lake Rotoaira forecast for about 564 m.
- Tonight14°5.1 mm12 km/h N
- Fri13°18°35.1 mm20 km/h NW
- Sat11°16°31.0 mm19 km/h N
- Sun11°17°4.6 mm14 km/h NW
- Mon11°19°23.2 mm12 km/h NE
- Tue13°15°61.5 mm10 km/h N
- Wed12°15°25.5 mm15 km/h NW
- Thu10°15°11.8 mm23 km/h W
- Fri9°18°0.1 mm16 km/h W
- Sat10°17°–9 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 Nov 5, 05:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Rotoaira
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Rotoaira, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Tongariro Shuttle Car Park
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 3.6 km N |
| Parking | 3.9 km N |
| Tongariro Shuttle Car ParkParking | 4.2 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 8.5 × 8.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 80% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 1.6% of the 72 km² view
- Relief in view
- 703 m low point 563 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 4.3 km; 396 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Kidney fern50
- Giant moss33
- North Island Robin32
- Tupeia antarctica31
- Rimu28
- Kāmahi27
Where Lake Rotoaira sits
- Region
- Waikato Region17New Zealand148Oceania350
Nearby places
Lake Rotoaira downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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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 2025 (scene 2025-03-20)
- 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)