Opawhero Hill

Opawhero Hill is a peak in Auckland Region, North Island and has an elevation of 496 metres. Opawhero Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Redwood Park, as well as near the village Lake Ōkareka.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Tikitapu and Redwoods Forest.

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.

Redwoods Forest

Park

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Redwoods Forest or Redwood Memorial Grove is a forest of naturalised coastal redwood on the outskirts of Rotorua, New Zealand, adjacent to the Whakarewarewa thermal area.

Rotorua Lakes High School, commonly known as Lakes High, or simply Lakes, is a state school educating boys and girls from Year 9 to Year 13. It is situated in Owhata, in the eastern suburbs of Rotorua, New Zealand, and draws many of its students from the eastern Rotorua urban area, and the semi-rural lakes communities to the south and east of Rotorua; this giving rise to the name Rotorua Lakes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lake Ōkareka and Lynmore.

Lake Ōkareka

Village

Photo: Oppatt, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lake Ōkareka is a village.

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.

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.

Opawhero Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 496 metres
Description: hill in New Zealand
Categories: hill and landform
Location: Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-38.16213° or 38° 9′ 44″ south

Longitude

176.32189° or 176° 19′ 19″ east

Elevation

496 metres (1,627 feet)

Open location code

4VHRR8QC+4Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9722135458

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

6241308

Wikidata ID

Q31466131

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Satellite Map

Discover Opawhero Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Dutch—“Opawhero Hill” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Opawhero Hill”
Dutch: “Opawhero Hill”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Redwood Park and Wharenui Rise.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include RNL Pumice Quarry and Te Pūtake O Tawa.

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