Mountain · Otago Region

Roys Peak

1,578 m5,177 ft

Prominence: 161 m528 ft
Isolation: 2.1 km
Tonight: 3°CPartly cloudy · Wind 14 km/h NW

Roys Peak is a 1,578 m (5,177 ft) mountain in Otago Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 1,578 m · 5,177 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Cardrona (1,936 m)
Region: Otago Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 44.6946° S, 169.0493° E

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3D map

Roys Peak 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Roys Peak 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

Roys Peak elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Roys Peak weather

Today · Clear · 3 / 10°C (37 / 50°F) · Wind 14 km/h NW

Roys Peak forecast for the summit, about 1,578 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 278 m.

Today3°10°–14 km/h NWBase 11 / 18°
Sun5°11°3.6 mm19 km/h NWBase 12 / 19°
Mon-2°10°53.4 mm26 km/h NWBase 6 / 17°
Tue-2°3°–11 km/h WBase 5 / 11°
Wed-1°4°14.6 mm14 km/h NWBase 7 / 12°
Thu-5°3°1.1 mm17 km/h WBase 2 / 11°
Fri1°4°0.8 mm12 km/h WBase 9 / 12°
Sat3°9°7.2 mm10 km/h NWBase 11 / 17°
Sun3°7°73.4 mm8 km/h EBase 11 / 15°
Mon-4°-1°19.9 mm2 km/h SEBase 4 / 7°

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 Roys Peak

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

Nearest parking
Roys Peak Track
3.0 km NE · +2 more within 3.2 km
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Nearest campsite
Mt Aspiring Holiday Park
4.1 km E
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Nearest hut
Fern Burn Hut
7.2 km SW
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All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
Roys Peak TrackParking	3.0 km NE
Parking	3.1 km NNW
Parking	3.2 km E
Mt Aspiring Holiday ParkCampsite	4.1 km E
Fern Burn HutHut	7.2 km SW

Slope

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

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

15.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

32.9%

Steep, 30–45°

47.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.9%

Steeper than 30°: 51.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,342 m low point 278 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 79.8%Trees 15.4%Water 3.2%Shrubland 1.1%

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 km; 187 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

California Quail40
New Zealand Pipit39
European Goldfinch28
Great mullein21
Sweet-brier19
Yellowhammer18

Where it sits

Where Roys Peak sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Skippers Canyon39 km WSW

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGRoys Peak satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-21.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,574 m at the summit; the official height is 1,578 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,578 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,574 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,558 m	-20 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 2026-03-21)
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

Roys Peak

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut

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