Mount Tarawera · 1,111 m · 24 km WSW

Volcano · Bay of Plenty Region

Pūtauaki

821 m2,694 ft

Prominence: 571 m1,873 ft
Isolation: 20 km
Tonight: 4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 16 km/h N

Pūtauaki is an 821 m (2,694 ft) volcano in Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 821 m · 2,694 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Tarawera (1,111 m)
Region: Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 38.1071° S, 176.7399° E

Open the 3D view

3D map

Pūtauaki 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.2 × 6.2 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pūtauaki terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Pūtauaki elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Pūtauaki weather

Today · Partly cloudy · 4 / 17°C (39 / 63°F) · Wind 16 km/h N

Pūtauaki forecast for the summit, about 821 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 21 m.

Today4°17°–16 km/h NBase 9 / 22°
Sun4°17°–16 km/h SWBase 9 / 21°
Mon6°15°–20 km/h NWBase 11 / 20°
Tue5°13°4.1 mm18 km/h NWBase 10 / 18°
Wed2°14°–13 km/h SWBase 7 / 19°
Thu7°14°0.3 mm20 km/h WBase 12 / 19°
Fri5°14°–14 km/h SWBase 10 / 19°
Sat4°16°–12 km/h WBase 8 / 21°
Sun5°15°0.3 mm14 km/h NBase 9 / 19°
Mon9°15°3.3 mm22 km/h NBase 13 / 20°

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

Camping & parking near Pūtauaki

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

Nearest parking
3.5 km W
+2 more within 3.9 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Parking	3.5 km W
Parking	3.8 km NNW
Parking	3.9 km WNW

Slope

Share of the 6.2 × 6.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 57% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

56.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

33.8%

Steep, 30–45°

9.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 9.4% of the 38 km² view
Relief in view: 792 m low point 21 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 92.3%Grassland 5.0%Built-up 1.8%Water 0.5%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.1 km; 139 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Piripiri4
Rewarewa4
Tāwari4
Tmesipteris elongata3
Māhoe3
Karamū3

Where it sits

Where Pūtauaki sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Tikitapu / Blue Lake418 m37 km WSW

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGPūtauaki satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-03-10.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 814 m at the summit; the official height is 821 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	821 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	814 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	794 m	-27 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 2025-03-10)
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, 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

Pūtauaki

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Data sources