Thermal Explorer Highway

File:NZ Touring Route - Thermal Explorer Highway.svg Thermal Explorer Highway
File:WhakarewarewaPohutuGeyserSign.jpg The famous Pohutu Geyser, which can be found along this route
Route information
Length	445 km (277 mi)
Location
Primary destinations	Auckland Hamilton Rotorua Taupō Hawke's Bay
Highway system
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The Thermal Explorer Highway is a 435-kilometre (270 mi) tourist road route in New Zealand, connecting the cities of Auckland and Napier via the geothermally active central North Island. The name "Thermal Explorer" is named as such because of the geothermally active regions the route passes through, such as Rotorua and Taupō.

Major Junctions

Territorial authority	Location	km	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Auckland	Auckland CBD	0	0.0			Thermal Explorer Highway begins
		1	0.62	File:Australia GE2-3.svg	SH 16 west (Northwestern Motorway) – Waitakere, Helensville
		2	1.2	File:Australia GE2-3.svg	SH 16 east (Northwestern Motorway) – Port
	Manukau	22	14	File:Australia GE2-3.svg	SH 20 (Southwestern Motorway) – Manukau, Airport
Waikato District	Pōkeno	49	30	File:Australia GE2-3.svg	SH 2 – Tauranga, Coromandel Peninsula
Hamilton City	Frankton	123	76	File:NZ road sign W10-4.svg	SH 23 – Raglan
	Melville	127	79	File:NZ road sign W10-4.svg	SH 3 – Te Awamutu, Waitomo Caves, New Plymouth
Waikato District	Tamahere	135	84	File:Australia GE2-3.svg	SH 21 (Airport Road) – Tamahere, Matangi, Airport, Mystery Creek
Matamata-Piako District / South Waikato District boundary	Piarere	168	104	File:New Zealand road sign W11-1.svg	SH 29 – Tauranga
South Waikato District	Tīrau	179	111	File:NZ road sign W11-4-L.svg	SH 27 – Coromandel Peninsula, Tauranga, Matamata
		181	112	File:New Zealand road sign W11-1.svg	Error creating thumbnail: SH 1 south – Tokoroa, Taupō
	Tapapa	186	116	File:NZ road sign W11-4-R.svg	SH 28 south – Putāruru
		188	117	File:NZ road sign W11-4-L.svg	SH 28 north – Matamata, Tauranga
Rotorua Lakes	Ngongotahā	224	139	File:New Zealand road sign W11-1.svg	SH 36 – Ngongotahā, Tauranga
	Rotorua	231	144	File:NZ road sign W10-4.svg	SH 30A (Pukuatua Street) – City Centre,Whakatāne
	Whakarewarewa	236	147	File:New Zealand road sign W11-1.svg	SH 30 east (Hemo Road) – City Centre, Whakatāne
		237	147	File:NZ road sign W11-4-R.svg	SH 30 west – Tokoroa, Te Kūiti
	Waiotapu	257	160	File:NZ road sign W11-4-L.svg	SH 38 – Murupara, Waikaremoana
Taupō District	Wairakei	304	189	File:New Zealand road sign W11-1.svg	(Wairakei Drive) – Taupō Error creating thumbnail: SH 1 north – Hamilton
	Taupō	315	196	File:New Zealand road sign W11-1.svg	Error creating thumbnail: SH 1 south (East Taupō Arterial) – Tūrangi, Palmerston North (Napier Road) – Taupō
Hastings District	No major junctions
Napier City	Bay View	442	275		SH 2 north – Wairoa, Gisborne SH 2 south – Napier, Hastings	Thermal Explorer Highway Ends

External Links

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