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Taranaki Maunga

You can see 249 km from here, looking south.

88Viewyas Score

SummitSunsetSea view360°Long viewMany peaks

Calculating the panorama…

Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.

The view

Up to 249 km away.

Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.

88out of 100

Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).

  • 249 kmFarthest ridgelooking south
  • 100%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 43%Seaof the circle where the horizon is the sea
  • 32Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
  • 2,475 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint

The 32 peaks you can name from here

From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.

Te Ureure365 m · 127 km · north-eastOwairua315 m · 119 km · north-eastŌhīrea486 m · 142 km · north-eastTuhua1,042 m · 132 km · north-eastHunua623 m · 111 km · eastKakaramea1,300 m · 145 km · eastPihanga1,326 m · 150 km · eastMount Tongariro1,978 m · 137 km · eastHauhungatahi1,521 m · 119 km · eastMount Ruapehu2,797 m · 130 km · eastTuhirangi959 m · 138 km · east

From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.

The sun

The best sunsets are from January to April.

When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.

  1. Jansouth-west-4 min before the sea-level sunset38%
  2. Febwest-4 min before the sea-level sunset40%
  3. Marwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset38%
  4. Aprwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset37%
  5. Maynorth-west-4 min before the sea-level sunset36%
  6. Junnorth-west-4 min before the sea-level sunset34%
  7. Julnorth-west-4 min before the sea-level sunset34%
  8. Augwest-4 min before the sea-level sunset32%
  9. Sepwest-4 min before the sea-level sunset30%
  10. Octwest-2 min before the sea-level sunset28%
  11. Novsouth-west-4 min before the sea-level sunset32%
  12. Decsouth-west-4 min before the sea-level sunset30%
  • Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
  • Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
  • %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).

The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.

The place

Taranaki Maunga.

Stratovolcano in New Zealand

Taranaki Maunga is a volcano in New Zealand, 2,475 m above the sea.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 249 km away, looking south.

The sea fills 43% of the horizon.

32 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Mount Ruapehu (2,797 m), 130 km away.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 100% of the circle.

The skies are clearest from January to April.

Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont, New Zealand
Ulrich Lange, Bochum, Germany · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and stay

Plan the visit

A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.

Tours, cable cars and tickets for Taranaki MaungaGetYourGuideSee prices Stays with a view near Taranaki MaungaBooking.comSee prices Car hire at NPL airport (New Plymouth)Discover CarsSee prices 

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From above

The viewpoint and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.

Taranaki Maunga seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 12other viewpoints within 5 kmDawson Falls Lookout, Stratford Plateau Lookout, Viewing Platform and 9 more
  • 19named peaks within 5 kmPanitahi, Sharks Tooth, Te Umu-o-Taomanawa and 16 more
  • 19marked trails within 3 kmPouākai Circuit, Enchanted Track, Waingongoro Track and 16 more
  • 10shelters and huts within 5 kmTahurangi Lodge, Holly Hut, Kapuni Lodge and 7 more
  • 5car parks within 3 km
  • 2visitor centres within 5 kmDawson Falls Visitor Centre, North Taranaki Visitor Centre
  • 2campsites within 10 kmFreedom Camping, Freedom camping (SC only)
  • 4places to stay within 10 kmManganui Lodge, Manganui Public Shelter, Konini Lodge and 1 more
  • cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

What you see from Taranaki Maunga, and what is near.

Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.

Peakyas31 mountains within 25 km
Taranaki Maunga · this placeTaranaki Maunga2,518 m · volcano · 0.1 kmSharks Tooth2,510 m · 0.1 kmPanitahi1,966 m · 1.6 kmBobs Knob1,780 m · 1.6 kmHumphries Castle1,593 m · 1.6 kmBig Pyramid1,458 m · 2.2 kmTurehu Hill1,405 m · 2.2 kmPouākai1,400 m · 7.8 km
Islandyasthe island
North Island113,729 km²
Forestyas1 forests and trees within 15 km
Pukeiti Garden · 13 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Taranaki MaungaBortle 2 · this place
Cascadyas9 waterfalls within 15 km
Curtis Falls · 3.4 kmTe Rere-o-Tahurangi Falls · 4.5 kmTe Rere o Kapuni · 4.9 kmBrames Falls · 5.0 kmThe Cataracts · 5.5 kmPaul Falls · 6.1 kmMangakotukutuku Falls · 7.9 kmTe Rere Mahanga · 15 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The view, as people saw it.

Martian Viewpoint (52825009317)
Geoff McKay from Palmerston North, New Zealand · CC BY 2.0
Lahars at Mt Taranaki New Zealand
Wolf · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mount Taranaki, New Zealand
Russell Street · CC BY-SA 2.0

Other viewpoints nearby.

Taranaki Maunga

New Zealand

  • 88Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 32Peaks in view
  • 2,475 mAltitude

Mount Ruapehu

New Zealand · 129 km

  • 87Viewyas Score
  • 248 kmFarthest ridge
  • 257Peaks in view
  • 2,746 mAltitude

See the guide

Mount Tongariro

New Zealand · 137 km

  • 82Viewyas Score
  • 240 kmFarthest ridge
  • 202Peaks in view
  • 1,944 mAltitude

See the guide

Taumatawhakatangihangakōauauotamateapōkaiwhenuakitānatahu

New Zealand · 241 km

  • 77Viewyas Score
  • 131 kmFarthest ridge
  • 115Peaks in view
  • 295 mAltitude

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q850051) · CC0
SunJ. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms
Peaks in viewPeakyas (Wikidata, CC0)
Panorama and altitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
CloudsNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Forestyas, Darkskyas, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.You are here
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Visit