Mountain · Auckland Region

Mount Saint John

126 m413 ft

Prominence: 42 m138 ft
Isolation: 0.7 km
Tonight: 12°CPartly cloudy · Wind 23 km/h NW

Mount Saint John is a 126 m (413 ft) mountain in Auckland Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 126 m · 413 ft
Nearest higher peak: Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson (143 m)
Region: Auckland Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 36.8829° S, 174.7807° E

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3D map

Mount Saint John 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Saint John terrain and contours

10 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.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Saint John elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Saint John weather

Today · Cloudy · 12 / 19°C (54 / 66°F) · Wind 23 km/h NW

Mount Saint John forecast for the summit, about 126 m.

Today12°19°–23 km/h NW
Sun11°20°–24 km/h W
Mon11°21°–32 km/h N
Tue12°17°7.7 mm34 km/h N
Wed11°17°–15 km/h SW
Thu12°18°2.0 mm24 km/h W
Fri13°17°–24 km/h SW
Sat13°19°–13 km/h SW
Sun11°17°0.1 mm21 km/h N
Mon16°20°7.3 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

Camping & parking near Mount Saint John

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Saint John, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.3 km ENE
+2 more within 0.4 km
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Nearest caravan site
Remuera Motor Park
2.8 km E · +2 more within 6.0 km
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Nearest trailhead
Arch Hill Mountain Bike Trails
4.2 km WNW
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Nearest campsite
Ambury Campground
7.3 km SSW
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All mapped places 8

Place	Distance
Parking	0.3 km ENE
Parking	0.3 km SW
Parking	0.4 km W
Remuera Motor ParkCaravan site	2.8 km E
Arch Hill Mountain Bike TrailsTrailhead	4.2 km WNW
Escape CampervanCaravan site	5.1 km WSW
Freedom campingCaravan site	6.0 km WSW
Ambury CampgroundCampsite	7.3 km SSW

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 96% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

95.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

4.3%

Steep, 30–45°

0.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.2% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 196 m low point -2 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 51.8%Trees 32.7%Grassland 10.2%Water 4.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Mount Saint John summit.

Summit list 4

1Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson143 m 0.8 km NE
2Maungawhau / Mount Eden196 m 1.5 km WNW
3Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill213 m 1.9 km S
4Little Rangitoto75 m 2.7 km ENE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 1,940 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Tūī327
Eurasian Blackbird277
Myrtle Rust252
New Zealand Pigeon241
Eastern Rosella212
Silvereye208

Where it sits

Where Mount Saint John sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Ōwairaka / Mount AlbertPeak · 134 m5.5 km W

Downloads

Mount Saint John downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Saint John satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-03-08.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 124 m at the summit; the official height is 126 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	126 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	124 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	114 m	-12 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 2025-03-08)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Mount Saint John

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

Nearest trailhead

Nearest campsite

Data sources