Lake Ōkareka
Lake Ōkareka is a village in Bay of Plenty, North Island and has about 520 residents. Lake Ōkareka is situated nearby to the hamlet Redwood Park, as well as near Te Wairoa.Photo: Oppatt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 520 residents
- Description: locality in Rotorua Lakes District, Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Lake Okareka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Tikitapu.
Lake Tikitapu
Lake
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lake Tikitapu, more commonly known as Blue Lake, is the smallest of four small lakes lying between Lake Rotorua and Lake Tarawera in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand. Lake Tikitapu is situated 3 km southwest of Lake Ōkareka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Te Wairoa and Lynmore.
Te Wairoa
Hamlet
Te Wairoa was a village close to the shore of Lake Tarawera near Rotorua, New Zealand. The village was buried by volcanic ash in the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. Te Wairoa is situated 4½ km south of Lake Ōkareka.
Lynmore
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lynmore is a suburb of Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. In April 2018, Lynmore had the highest house prices in Rotorua. Lynmore is situated 6 km northwest of Lake Ōkareka.
Ōwhata
Suburb
Ōwhata is a semi-rural suburb of Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. In 2015, it had the highest house sales of any suburb in Rotorua. Ōwhata is situated 6 km northwest of Lake Ōkareka.
Lake Ōkareka
- Category: locality
- Location: Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-38.17206° or 38° 10′ 19″ southLongitude
176.34773° or 176° 20′ 52″ eastPopulation
520Elevation
413 metres (1,355 feet)Open location code
4VHRR8HX+53OpenStreetMap ID
node 1706825625OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6241307Wikidata ID
Q65432208
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Ōkareka from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Maori to Turkish—“Lake Ōkareka” goes by many names.
- Maori: “Lake Okareka”
- Turkish: “Lake Okareka”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Redwood Park and Punaromia.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Okareka Hall and Lake Okareka Fire Station.
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