Mount Eden
Mount Eden is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, whose name honours George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland.
Mount Eden is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, whose name honours George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. It is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the Central Business District (CBD). Mt Eden Road winds its way around the side of Mount Eden Domain and continues to weave back and forth as it descends into the valley; it runs south from Eden Terrace to Three Kings. Mt Eden village centre is located roughly between Valley Road and Grange Road. The domain is accessible on foot from many of the surrounding streets, and by vehicle from Mt Eden Road. The central focus of the suburb is Maungawhau / Mount Eden, a dormant volcano whose summit is the highest natural point on the Auckland isthmus.
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Worth seeing in and around Mount Eden
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is a public research university in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in New Zealand.
3 km · university in Auckland, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 02Sky Tower
The Sky Tower is a telecommunications and observation tower in Auckland, New Zealand. Located at the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets within the city's CBD, it is 328 metres tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, making it the second-tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere, surpassed only by the Autograph Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the 28th tallest tower in the world.
3.2 km · observation and communication tower in Auckland, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 03Eden Park
Eden Park is a sports venue in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located three kilometres southwest of the Auckland CBD, on the boundary between the suburbs of Mount Eden and Kingsland.
1.7 km · sports stadium in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 04Auckland University of Technology
Auckland University of Technology is a public university in Auckland, New Zealand. It was established on 1 January 2000, when the Auckland Institute of Technology was incorporated into the newly created university by Order in Council under the Education Act 1989.
2.6 km · university at Auckland · Wikipedia - 05Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
The Auckland War Memorial Museum, also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano, in the Auckland Domain, near Auckland CBD. Museum collections concentrate on New Zealand history, natural history, and military history.
2.2 km · museum and war memorial in Auckland, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 06Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery is the principal public gallery in Auckland, New Zealand. It has the most extensive collection of national and international art in New Zealand and frequently hosts travelling international exhibitions.
2.9 km · art museum in Auckland, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 07Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill
Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill is a 182-metre volcanic peak and Tūpuna Maunga in Auckland, New Zealand. It is an important place culturally and archeologically for both Māori and Pākehā.
3.1 km · mountain in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 08Spark Arena
Spark Arena is a multipurpose arena in Auckland, New Zealand. The venue is located at Quay Park, Parnell, very close to Britomart Transport Centre and The Strand Station.
3.5 km · multipurpose arena in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 09St Patrick's Cathedral
The Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Joseph, commonly known as St Patrick's Cathedral, is a heritage-listed Catholic cathedral church in Auckland CBD, situated on the corner of Federal Street and Wyndham St. It is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland and the seat of the Bishop of Auckland.
3.4 km · cathedral in Auckland, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 10Auckland Town Hall
The Auckland Town Hall is an Edwardian building on Queen Street in the Auckland CBD, New Zealand, known both for its original and ongoing use for administrative functions, as well as its famed Great Hall and separate Concert Chamber. Auckland Town Hall and its surrounding context is highly protected as a 'Category A' heritage site in the Auckland District Plan, registered by Heritage New Zealand as a Category I Historic Place.
2.7 km · town hall and concert hall on Aotea Square in Auckland, New Zealand · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mount Eden
- Airports
- Auckland (AKL), 15 km
- Stations
- Port of Auckland, 3.9 km · The Strand Station, 3.4 km · Greenlane railway station, 3.3 km · Remuera railway station, 2 km · Kingsland railway station, 1.8 km
- Wellington → Mount Eden490 km · quickest by air, 4h 18m · NZ$170–260
- Christchurch → Mount Eden761 km · quickest by air, 4h 54m · NZ$210–320
- Queenstown → Mount EdenTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Mount Eden
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mount Eden. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt is the main information centre for public transport, where you will find free bus, train and ferry schedules.
- Get inThe ferry terminal is across Quay St from Waitemata.
- Get inFerries run to several places on the North Shore, West Auckland (upper Waitematā Harbour) and East Auckland.
From Wikivoyage: Auckland/Central, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Mount Eden
Mount Eden is 3 km from Auckland, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Aucklandcity on the North Island, New Zealand3.1 km
- Grey Lynnsuburb in Auckland, New Zealand2.9 km
- Auckland isthmusurban area of Auckland2.7 km
- Parnellsuburb of Auckland, New Zealand2.7 km
- Remuerasuburb of Auckland, New Zealand3 km
- Morningsidesuburb of Auckland, New Zealand2.8 km