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Martha Mine Lookout

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Martha Mine Lookout — direction of view not recorded. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.

Martha Mine Lookout sits at 390 ft on the East Cape Coast byway, with land dropping 70 ft within 600 m of the site. From this point, Pukehui Saddle is visible to the west-northwest at 2.2 mi, rising to 1,233 ft. Matangia, a peak to the east, sits 4.1 mi away at 1,050 ft, while Pukekauri lies southwest at 4.2 mi with an elevation of 837 ft. Sunrise and sunset times vary across the year: on the March equinox the sun rises at 07:20 and sets at 19:31, while at the June solstice sunrise is 07:32 and sunset 17:06. The September equinox brings sunrise at 06:08 and sunset at 18:13, and the December solstice has the earliest sunrise of the year at 05:53 with sunset at 20:37. The previous stop along this byway is Clevedon Scenic Reserve Viewpoint, and the next lookout ahead is simply marked as view point.

Access
0.4 mi detour
Elevation
390 ft
Relief
70 ft drop
In view
3 named features
View Point over the Martha Goldmine, Waihi
Peter Gill / UK · CC BY 3.0 · source
Cornish Pumphouse and panorama to town, Waihi, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand (Left: Martha Mine No 5 Pumphouse, Historic Place Category 1, List Number: 134, Date entered: 11. November 1983, was build 1904 with a huge Cornish Pump to dewater the mine workings)
Ulrich Lange, Bochum, Germany · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Roof structure, Martha Mine Cornish Pumphouse, Waihi, New Zealand
Andy king50 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Martha Mine Cornish Pumphouse, Waihi, New Zealand
Andy king50 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Poppet, Waihi, New Zealand
Andy king50 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Martha mine, Waihi, New Zealand
Andy king50 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

What you’re looking at

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

  • Pukehui Saddle1,233 ftwest-northwest · 2.2 mi
  • Matangia1,050 fteast · 4.1 mi
  • Pukekauri837 ftsouthwest · 4.2 mi

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox07:2019:3118:56
June solstice07:3217:0616:26
September equinox06:0818:1317:38
December solstice05:5320:3719:58

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How high is Martha Mine Lookout?

Martha Mine Lookout sits at about 390 feet (119 m).

What can you see from Martha Mine Lookout?

From Martha Mine Lookout: Pukehui Saddle (WNW, 2.2 mi); Matangia (E, 4.1 mi); Pukekauri (SW, 4.2 mi).

What is the next lookout after Martha Mine Lookout?

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