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Tikitapu / Blue Lake

420 m1,378 ft
Area
1.44 km²
Max depth
28 m
Tonight
8°CPartly cloudy · Wind 17 km/h SW

Tikitapu / Blue Lake is a lake at 420 m above sea level in Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand, 1.44 km² in area and 1.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
420 m
Length
1.7 km
Shoreline
5.1 km
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Lake

Tikitapu / Blue Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.7 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
5.1 km≈1¼ h to walk around
3D map

Tikitapu / Blue Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

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Topographic map

Tikitapu / Blue Lake terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Tikitapu / Blue Lake elevation profile

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Weather

Tikitapu / Blue Lake weather

Today · Partly cloudy · 8 / 18°C (46 / 64°F) · Wind 17 km/h SW

Tikitapu / Blue Lake forecast for about 420 m.

  • Today8°18°–17 km/h SW
  • Sun8°18°–20 km/h W
  • Mon10°16°0.5 mm21 km/h NW
  • Tue6°15°5.4 mm23 km/h NW
  • Wed5°15°–18 km/h W
  • Thu9°15°2.0 mm26 km/h W
  • Fri7°15°–19 km/h SW
  • Sat8°16°–17 km/h W
  • Sun9°17°0.4 mm16 km/h N
  • Mon11°17°5.0 mm25 km/h N

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 Tikitapu / Blue Lake

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.8 km N

    +2 more within 1.0 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    Blue Lake Top 10 Holiday Park

    1.1 km N

  • Nearest campsite

    Lake Ōkāreka Campsite

    4.4 km NE · +1 more within 7.3 km

  • Nearest trailhead

    New Zealand Mountain Biking

    6.8 km NW · +1 more within 6.6 km

All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking0.8 km N
Parking1.0 km SE
Parking1.0 km NNW
Blue Lake Top 10 Holiday ParkCaravan site1.1 km N
Lake Ōkāreka CampsiteCampsite4.4 km NE
Trailhead6.6 km NW
New Zealand Mountain BikingTrailhead6.8 km NW
Waipa Forest CampCampsite7.3 km WNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 50% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
50.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
36.2%
Steep, 30–45°
12.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.8%
Steeper than 30°
13.6% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
420 m low point 355 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 74.1%Water 17.2%Grassland 8.5%

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

Where it sits

Where Tikitapu / Blue Lake sits

Region
Bay of Plenty Region10New Zealand112Oceania282
Nearby

Nearby places

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Tikitapu / Blue Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia