Stratovolcano · Taranaki Region

Taranaki Maunga

2,518 m8,261 ft

Prominence: 2,311 m7,582 ft
Isolation: 128 km
Tonight: -4°CLight snow · Wind 21 km/h NW

Taranaki Maunga is a 2,518 m (8,261 ft) stratovolcano in Taranaki Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 2,518 m · 8,261 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Ruapehu (2,797 m)
Region: Taranaki Region, New Zealand
Protected area: Egmont National Park
Spanish name: Monte Taranaki
Coordinates: 39.2965° S, 174.0635° E

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3D map

Taranaki Maunga 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Taranaki Maunga topographic map

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Taranaki Maunga elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGTaranaki Maunga satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-27.

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GIS & GPS

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Weather

Taranaki Maunga weather

Today · Light snow · -4 / 2°C (25 / 36°F) · 0.7 mm · Wind 21 km/h NW

Taranaki Maunga forecast for the summit, about 2,518 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 405 m.

Today-4°2°0.7 mm21 km/h NWBase 9 / 14°
Sun-5°2°0.5 mm20 km/h WBase 7 / 15°
Mon-3°2°16.0 mm35 km/h NWBase 9 / 15°
Tue-7°0°38.3 mm27 km/h NWBase 6 / 13°
Wed-6°-1°9.7 mm14 km/h WBase 7 / 11°
Thu-5°-1°12.0 mm20 km/h WBase 8 / 12°
Fri-5°-1°0.7 mm21 km/h SWBase 7 / 12°
Sat-4°2°1.1 mm13 km/h WBase 9 / 15°
Sun-3°0°11.6 mm20 km/h NBase 10 / 13°
Mon-2°0°43.6 mm27 km/h NBase 11 / 13°

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 Taranaki Maunga

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

Nearest hut
Five Dollar Hut
1.3 km ESE · +2 more within 2.2 km
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Nearest parking
The Plateau Car Park
3.3 km ESE · +2 more within 4.1 km
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Nearest campsite
Freedom Camping
4.6 km SE
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Nearest caravan site
Freedom camping (SC only)
5.3 km ESE
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All mapped places 8

Place	Distance
Five Dollar HutHut	1.3 km ESE
Syme HutHut	1.4 km S
Kapuni LodgeHut	2.2 km SE
The Plateau Car ParkParking	3.3 km ESE
North Egmont Overflow Car ParkParking	4.0 km NE
North Egmont Car ParkParking	4.1 km NE
Freedom CampingCampsite	4.6 km SE
Freedom camping (SC only)Caravan site	5.3 km ESE

Slope

Share of the 13.2 × 13.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 62% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

61.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

25.4%

Steep, 30–45°

12.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.6%

Steeper than 30°: 12.7% of the 174 km² view
Relief in view: 2,085 m low point 405 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 82.7%Grassland 10.3%Shrubland 4.1%Bare rock / sparse 2.9%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6.6 km, measured from the Taranaki Maunga summit.

Summit list 6

1Bobs Knob1,780 m 1.5 km SW
2Panitahi1,966 m 1.6 km S
3Te Tāhuna-o-Tūtawa1,644 m 1.6 km E
4Humphries Castle1,593 m 1.7 km NE
5Tūrehu Hill1,405 m 2.1 km W
6Skinner Hill1,316 m 2.6 km NW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.6 km; 884 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mountain foxglove317
Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia230
Mountain Cabbage Tree147
Dracophyllum filifolium137
Anaphalioides alpina134
Koromiko130

Where it sits

Where Taranaki Maunga sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

PihangaPeak · 1,326 m150 km E

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

28 m low This 3D map reads 2,490 m at the summit; the official height is 2,518 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 38 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,518 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,490 m	-28 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,480 m	-38 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 2026-01-27)
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

Taranaki Maunga

West → east through the summit

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