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Mount Ngauruhoe
- Easiest route
- 7.5 km+1,139 m · about 4 h · T1
- Prominence
- 982 m3,221 ft
- Isolation
- 12 km
- Tonight
- -2°CFog · Wind 16 km/h W
Mount Ngauruhoe is a 2,291 m (7,516 ft) mountain in the North Island Volcanic Plateau, Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,291 m · 7,516 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Ruapehu (2,797 m)
- Range
- North Island Volcanic Plateau
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand
- Protected area
- Tongariro National Park
- Spanish name
- Ngauruhoe
- Coordinates
- 39.1585° S, 175.6349° E
How to get to the top of Mount Ngauruhoe
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Mangatepopo Carpark (parking)
- Distance
- 7.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,139 m(3,737 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4 h
- Difficulty
- T1Easy trail, trainers are fine
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Ngauruhoe 3D map
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Mount Ngauruhoe terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Ngauruhoe weather
Today · Fair · -2 / 6°C (28 / 43°F) · Wind 16 km/h W
Mount Ngauruhoe forecast for the summit, about 2,291 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,125 m.
- Today-2°6°–16 km/h WBase 5 / 13°
- Sun-2°6°–17 km/h WBase 5 / 12°
- Mon-1°5°7.2 mm24 km/h NWBase 6 / 11°
- Tue-6°4°37.2 mm26 km/h NWBase 2 / 11°
- Wed-6°1°9.1 mm19 km/h WBase 2 / 9°
- Thu-4°0°15.4 mm26 km/h WBase 4 / 9°
- Fri-4°2°–28 km/h SWBase 3 / 10°
- Sat-3°5°–15 km/h WBase 4 / 11°
- Sun-1°4°4.5 mm18 km/h NBase 6 / 11°
- Mon0°3°37.5 mm24 km/h NWBase 7 / 11°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Ngauruhoe
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Ngauruhoe, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Mangatepopo Hut
Nearest campsite
3.7 km WNW
Nearest parking
Mangatepopo Carpark
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Mangatepopo HutHut | 3.6 km WNW |
| Campsite | 3.7 km WNW |
| Oturere HutHut | 4.7 km E |
| Mangatepopo CarparkParking | 4.9 km WNW |
| Old Waihohonu HutHut | 6.5 km SSE |
| Whaihohonu campsiteCampsite | 6.8 km SE |
How steep is the route to Mount Ngauruhoe?
The easiest mapped route, 7.5 km from 1,125 m to 2,291 m. Steepest stretch: 32°.
- 0–15°6.1 km
- 15–30°1.2 km
- 30–45°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 80 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4 km, measured from the Mount Ngauruhoe summit.
Summit list 4
- 1Pukekaikiore1,692 m 2.3 km W
- 2Tama1,623 m 2.8 km S
- 3Red Crater1,868 m 2.9 km NNE
- 4Mount Tongariro1,978 m 3.2 km N
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 205 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Volcanic Plateau raoulia106
- Common New Zealand Gentian83
- Dracophyllum recurvum81
- Brachyglottis bidwillii77
- Cotton daisy74
- Hooker's Speedwell71
Where Mount Ngauruhoe sits
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui Region5New Zealand112Oceania282
- Protected area
- Tongariro National Park6
Nearby places
Mount Ngauruhoe downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
19 m low This 3D map reads 2,272 m at the summit; the official height is 2,291 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 31 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,291 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,272 m | -19 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,260 m | -31 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 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)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, 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)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia