Blue Lake, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park

Name: Blue Lake
Address: Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

#5 among attractions in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park

Natural attraction, Lake

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Blue Lake is a small lake at the foot of the Tasman Glacier in inland Canterbury, in the central South Island of New Zealand. Its outflow is the Tasman River, part of the Waitaki River system. ()

Elevation: 2526 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 43°41'45"S, 170°9'58"E

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Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park New Zealand

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Day trips

Blue Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hooker Valley Track, Mount Ollivier, Sealy Tarns, Hooker Lake.

3.4 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Hooker Valley Track, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
88 min walk • The Hooker Valley Track is the most popular short walking track within the Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand. At only 5 kilometres length and gaining only about 100 m in height, the well formed track can be walked by tourists with a wide range of level of fitness.
5.5 miSW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Ollivier, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
140 min walk • Mount Ollivier is a 1,933 m mountain in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It is a peak in the Sealy Range, about 2.5 km west of Mount Cook Village. The peak is named after mountaineer Arthur Ollivier, who died in 1897. Mount Ollivier was Sir Edmund Hillary's first major climb, in 1939.
4.5 miW
Natural attraction, Lake
Sealy Tarns, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
116 min walk • Sealy Tarns is a small flat area with two small tarns halfway up the northern slopes of the Sealy Range, New Zealand. It is accessible from the Hooker Valley and Mount Cook Village via a tramping track maintained by the Department of Conservation.
3.1 miW
Natural attraction, Lake
Hooker Lake, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
79 min walk • Hooker Lake is a proglacial lake that started to form in the late 1970s by the recent retreat of the Hooker Glacier. It is in the Hooker Valley, in the Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand's South Island, just south of Aoraki / Mount Cook.
0.9 miN
Natural attraction, Lake
Tasman Lake, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
22 min walk • Tasman Lake is a proglacial lake formed by the recent retreat of the Tasman Glacier in New Zealand's South Island. In the early 1970s, there were several small meltwater ponds on the Tasman Glacier. By 1990, these ponds had merged into Tasman Lake.
5.7 miN
Natural feature
Haupapa / Tasman Glacier, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
146 min walk • Haupapa / Tasman Glacier is the largest glacier in New Zealand, and one of several large glaciers which flow south and east towards the Mackenzie Basin from the Southern Alps in New Zealand's South Island.
4.4 miSW
Village
Mount Cook Village
111 min walk • Nestled in the breathtaking landscapes of the Canterbury region in New Zealand, Mount Cook Village is a must-visit destination for nature enthusiasts and adventure seekers. The village is located near the base of Aoraki/Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand...
4.6 miNW
Mountain pass
Copland Pass, Westland National Park
118 min walk • The Copland Pass is an alpine pass in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Known as Noti Hinetamatea by the indigenous Ngāi Tahu, the pass follows the route of the Makaawhio ancestor Hinetamatea and her sons Tātāwhākā and Marupeka.
5.7 miN
Massive glacier with walks and boat trips
Tasman Glacier, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
146 min walk • Haupapa / Tasman Glacier is the largest glacier in New Zealand, and one of several large glaciers which flow south and east towards the Mackenzie Basin from the Southern Alps in New Zealand's South Island.
3.2 miNW
Natural attraction, Natural feature
Hooker Glacier, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
81 min walk • Hooker Glacier is one of several glaciers close to the slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It is not as large as its neighbour, the Tasman Glacier, measuring 11 kilometres in length.