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Leisure Island

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Leisure Island — direction of view not recorded. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.
Overview · Assembled from verified data

Leisure Island sits on The East Cape Coast at an elevation of 5 ft, with land dropping 9 ft within 600 m of the site. To the west, 0.8 mi away, Mount Maunganui / Mauao rises to 761 ft. Papeue, a peak to the south-southeast at a distance of 3.4 mi, reaches 69 ft. Sunrise and sunset times vary through the year: on the March equinox the sun rises at 07:18 and sets at 19:29; at the June solstice sunrise is 07:31 and sunset 17:04; at the September equinox sunrise is 06:07 and sunset 18:12; and at the December solstice sunrise is 05:51 and sunset 20:37. Black Hill Lookout precedes this stop on the byway, and Kohi Point Lookout follows it.

Access
0.3 mi detour
Elevation
5 ft
Relief
9 ft drop
In view
2 named features
Photos · Real imagery only
Drone shot aerial photography of Mount Maunganui at sunrise
Skyviewphotography · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Plants growing on the sand dunes at Mount Maunganui, Tauranga.
Abaconda Management Group from New Zealand · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Ian and Susan jogging on Maunganui beach 3
Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · source
Ian and Susan jogging on Maunganui beach 2
Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · source
Ian and Susan jogging on Maunganui beach 1
Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · source
Maunganui beach 08
Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · source
In view · Named features

What you’re looking at

Named terrain around this overlook, nearest first. No view direction is recorded, so every bearing is listed.

  • Mount Maunganui / Mauao761 ftwest · 0.8 mi
  • Papeue69 ftsouth-southeast · 3.4 mi
When to look · Sun at this latitude

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox07:1819:2918:55
June solstice07:3117:0416:23
September equinox06:0718:1217:37
December solstice05:5120:3719:58

Local time (Pacific/Auckland). Computed for this exact position.

Getting there · Position and access

Where it is

← Before it: Black Hill LookoutAfter it: Kohi Point Lookout →
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Common questions

How high is Leisure Island?

Leisure Island sits at about 5 feet (2 m).

What can you see from Leisure Island?

From Leisure Island: Mount Maunganui / Mauao (W, 0.8 mi); Papeue (SSE, 3.4 mi).

What is the next lookout after Leisure Island?

Kohi Point Lookout is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Leisure Island.

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