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Mount Tongariro
- Easiest route
- 9.4 km+860 m · about 4 h · T1
- Prominence
- 285 m936 ft
- Isolation
- 2.5 km
- Tonight
- 0°CFog · Wind 17 km/h W
Mount Tongariro is a 1,978 m (6,490 ft) mountain in the North Island Volcanic Plateau, Waikato Region, New Zealand.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,978 m · 6,490 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Ngauruhoe (2,291 m)
- Range
- North Island Volcanic Plateau
- Region
- Waikato Region, New Zealand
- Protected area
- Tongariro National Park
- Spanish name
- Tongariro
- Coordinates
- 39.1296° S, 175.6365° E
How to get to the top of Mount Tongariro
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Mangatepopo Carpark (parking)
- Distance
- 9.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +860 m−32 m (2,822 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 Tongariro 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km
Mount Tongariro 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 Tongariro weather
Today · Fair · 0 / 8°C (32 / 46°F) · Wind 17 km/h W
Mount Tongariro forecast for the summit, about 1,978 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,125 m.
- Today0°8°–17 km/h WBase 5 / 13°
- Sun0°7°–20 km/h WBase 5 / 12°
- Mon1°6°4.8 mm23 km/h NWBase 6 / 11°
- Tue-3°6°30.8 mm26 km/h NWBase 2 / 11°
- Wed-4°4°7.2 mm22 km/h WBase 2 / 9°
- Thu-1°3°12.7 mm32 km/h WBase 4 / 9°
- Fri-2°5°–29 km/h SWBase 3 / 10°
- Sat-1°6°0.4 mm20 km/h WBase 4 / 11°
- Sun1°6°2.5 mm15 km/h NWBase 6 / 11°
- Mon2°6°20.5 mm22 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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Tongariro
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Tongariro, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
3.8 km WSW
Nearest hut
Mangatepopo Hut
Nearest parking
Mangatepopo Carpark
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 3.8 km WSW |
| Mangatepopo HutHut | 3.8 km WSW |
| Mangatepopo CarparkParking | 5.1 km WSW |
| Oturere HutHut | 5.6 km SE |
| Ketetahi CarparkParking | 6.7 km NNE |
| Tongariro Shuttle Car ParkParking | 7.7 km NNE |
How steep is the route to Mount Tongariro?
The easiest mapped route, 9.4 km from 1,125 m to 1,978 m. Steepest stretch: 19°.
- 0–15°8.9 km
- 15–30°0.5 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 100 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.
Where Mount Tongariro sits
- Region
- Waikato Region13New Zealand112Oceania282
- Protected area
- Tongariro National Park6
Nearby places
Mount Tongariro downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Print & wall
3D printing & 3D apps
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How accurate is this?
20 m low This 3D map reads 1,958 m at the summit; the official height is 1,978 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,978 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,958 m | -20 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,953 m | -25 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)
- 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