Lake Rotoroa
- Area
- 23 km²
- Tonight
- 6°CFog · Wind 21 km/h W
Lake Rotoroa is a lake at 449 m above sea level in Tasman District, New Zealand, 23 km² in area and 14.4 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 449 m
- Length
- 14.4 km
- Shoreline
- 33.7 km
Lake Rotoroa in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 33.7 km≈8½ h to walk around
Lake Rotoroa 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 16.4 × 16.4 km
Lake Rotoroa 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 Rotoroa elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Rotoroa weather
Today · Cloudy · 6 / 18°C (43 / 64°F) · Wind 21 km/h W
Lake Rotoroa forecast for about 449 m.
- Today6°18°–21 km/h W
- Sun6°18°0.2 mm22 km/h W
- Mon10°13°48.5 mm28 km/h NW
- Tue5°13°0.4 mm19 km/h W
- Wed5°9°7.9 mm21 km/h W
- Thu5°9°14.7 mm16 km/h W
- Fri5°11°0.3 mm19 km/h W
- Sat7°13°0.4 mm17 km/h W
- Sun8°14°7.3 mm14 km/h NW
- Mon9°15°18.2 mm14 km/h NE
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 Rotoroa
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Rotoroa, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
D'Urville Hut
Nearest parking
6.9 km NNW
Nearest campsite
Lake Rotoroa Campsite
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| D'Urville HutHut | 6.2 km S |
| Sabine HutHut | 6.8 km SSE |
| Parking | 6.9 km NNW |
| Lake Rotoroa CampsiteCampsite | 6.9 km NNW |
| Tiraumea HutHut | 7.9 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 16.4 × 16.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 26.6% of the 269 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,622 m low point 440 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 8.2 km; 329 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- South Island Robin14
- Black Swan12
- Crown Fern12
- New Zealand Fantail11
- Round Leaved Coprosma10
- Fly Agaric9
Where Lake Rotoroa sits
- Region
- Tasman District4New Zealand112Oceania282
Nearby places
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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 2026 (scene 2026-03-03)
- 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)