Mountain · Hakarimata Range · Waikato Region

Pirongia Mountain

959 m3,146 ft

Prominence: 801 m2,629 ft
Isolation: 53 km
Tonight: 5°CCloudy · Wind 16 km/h W

Pirongia Mountain is a 959 m (3,146 ft) mountain in the Hakarimata Range, Waikato Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 959 m · 3,146 ft
Nearest higher peak: Tauhara (1,088 m)
Range: Hakarimata Range
Region: Waikato Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 37.9929° S, 175.0979° E

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3D map

Pirongia Mountain 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pirongia Mountain 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.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

Pirongia Mountain elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Pirongia Mountain weather

Today · Partly cloudy · 5 / 13°C (41 / 55°F) · Wind 16 km/h W

Pirongia Mountain forecast for the summit, about 959 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 220 m.

Today5°13°–16 km/h WBase 9 / 18°
Sun6°12°1.0 mm19 km/h WBase 10 / 16°
Mon6°12°2.0 mm21 km/h NWBase 11 / 16°
Tue4°11°15.5 mm23 km/h NWBase 8 / 15°
Wed3°10°1.3 mm18 km/h WBase 8 / 15°
Thu6°11°6.0 mm27 km/h WBase 10 / 16°
Fri5°10°–24 km/h SWBase 9 / 14°
Sat5°11°0.3 mm16 km/h WBase 10 / 15°
Sun6°12°0.7 mm13 km/h NWBase 10 / 16°
Mon8°14°17.4 mm22 km/h NBase 12 / 18°

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

Camping & parking near Pirongia Mountain

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

Nearest hut
Pahautea Hut
0.5 km W · +2 more within 0.5 km
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Nearest campsite
Pahautea Hut Campsite
0.5 km WSW · +1 more within 6.4 km
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Nearest parking
3.7 km NNE
+2 more within 5.4 km
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All mapped places 8

Place	Distance
Pahautea HutHut	0.5 km W
Hut	0.5 km W
Hut	0.5 km W
Pahautea Hut CampsiteCampsite	0.5 km WSW
Parking	3.7 km NNE
Parking	5.4 km ESE
Parking	5.4 km E
Kaniwhaniwha CampsiteCampsite	6.4 km NNW

Slope

Share of the 7.2 × 7.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

26.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

57.9%

Steep, 30–45°

15.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 15.7% of the 52 km² view
Relief in view: 733 m low point 220 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 98.1%Grassland 1.8%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.6 km, measured from the Pirongia Mountain summit.

Summit list 9

1Hihikiwi905 m 0.8 km SW
2Tahuanui850 m 1.4 km N
3Tirohanga770 m 1.6 km NE
4Pūāwhē905 m 1.9 km W
5Tihitoetoe845 m 1.9 km ESE
6Mahaukura845 m 1.9 km E
7Te Akeohikopiro869 m 2.1 km SSW
8Wharauroa850 m 2.2 km E
9Kohatupiko785 m 2.6 km S

Where it sits

Where Pirongia Mountain sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Karangahake Gorge84 km NE

Downloads

Pirongia Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGPirongia Mountain satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-29.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 954 m at the summit; the official height is 959 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	959 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	954 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	937 m	-22 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 2026 (scene 2026-01-29)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

Pirongia Mountain

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest campsite

Nearest parking

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