Shelter Shed

Shelter Shed is a ruins in Auckland, Auckland Region. Shelter Shed is situated nearby to the ruins Bach 39, as well as near Bach 38 Museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rangitoto Island and Rangitoto Wharf.

Rangitoto Island

Photo: BrysonH44, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rangitoto Island is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf, just off the North Island of New Zealand. It is 40 minutes by ferry from Auckland and is a popular destination for a halfday hike with a great view and tunnel-like caves formed by lava.

Rangitoto Wharf

Transport stop

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rangitoto Wharf is a transport stop, which is situated 120 metres southeast of Shelter Shed.

Bean Rock

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Bean Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse situated at the end of a reef in the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the only remaining example in New Zealand of a wooden cottage-style lighthouse, and it is one of only a few remaining worldwide. Bean Rock is situated 4 km southwest of Shelter Shed.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Heliers and Cheltenham.

St Heliers

Suburb

Photo: Carpenter0, Public domain.

St Heliers is a seaside suburb of Auckland with a population of 11,760 as of June 2025. St Heliers is located at the eastern end of Tamaki Drive, and used to be the place where the Tamaki estuary formally divided Auckland from Manukau City, until the entire Auckland region was amalgamated under a single city authority, the Auckland Council, in 2010. St Heliers is situated 5 km south of Shelter Shed.

Cheltenham

Neighborhood

Photo: 111 Emergency, CC BY 2.0.

Devonport is a harbourside suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located on the North Shore, at the southern end of the Devonport Peninsula that runs southeast from near Lake Pupuke in Takapuna, forming the northern side of the Waitematā Harbour. Cheltenham is situated 5 km west of Shelter Shed.

Mission Bay

Suburb

Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mission Bay is a seaside suburb of Auckland city, on the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb's beach is a popular resort, located alongside Tamaki Drive. Mission Bay is situated 5 km southwest of Shelter Shed.

Shelter Shed

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-36.80822° or 36° 48′ 30″ south

Longitude

174.86188° or 174° 51′ 43″ east

Open location code

4VMP5VR6+PQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 968616391

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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Highlights include Bach 39 and Bach 38 Museum.

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