Campsites and motorhome services in Waikato
Waikato has 183 campsites and caravan sites on the map, 100 drinking-water points, 28 dump stations and 228 viewpoints — 1,185 places in all. The map shows every one; the tables list the ones the map knows most about.
The map
Campsites in Waikato
The 20 the map knows most about. All 183 are on the map above.
| Place | Region | What is there | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kahikatea Campsite | Waikato | paid18 pitchestoiletswebsite | Open → |
| Dickey Flat Campsite | Waikato | paidopen 24/7toiletswebsite | Open → |
| Broken Hills Campsite | Waikato | paidtoiletswebsite | Open → |
| Freedom camping | Waikato | freeopen 24/7drinking water | Open → |
| Hipapatua/Reid's Farm Campsite | Waikato | freeopen 24/7toilets | Open → |
| Whakaipō Bay Recreation Reserve | Waikato | freeopen 24/7toilets | Open → |
| Dancing Camp Campsite | Waikato | toiletswebsite | Open → |
| Firth Tower Road Stop | Waikato | paid20 pitchesopen 24/7 | Open → |
| Kaimanawa Road Campsite | Waikato | freetoiletswebsite | Open → |
| Shag Stream Campsite | Waikato | paidtoiletswebsite | Open → |
| Stony Bay Campsite | Waikato | toiletswebsite | Open → |
| Urchin Campsite | Waikato | freetoiletswebsite | Open → |
| Waikawau Bay Campsite | Waikato | toiletswebsite | Open → |
| Waikoko Campsite | Waikato | freetoiletswebsite | Open → |
| Wharepapa South School Camping | Waikato | paiddrinking watertoilets | Open → |
| Arohena Campsite | Waikato | toiletswebsite | Open → |
| Hot Water Beach Top 10 Holiday Park | Waikato | paiddrinking watertoiletsshowerdump stationwebsite | Open → |
| Oparau Roadhouse | Waikato | freeopen Mo-Su 06:00-20:00dump stationwebsite | Open → |
| Opoutere Coastal Camping | Waikato | 85 pitchesdrinking watershowerdump stationwebsite | Open → |
| Pahautea Hut Campsite | Waikato | toiletswebsite | Open → |
Water, dump stations and showers
100 water points, 28 dump stations and 33 showers are mapped in Waikato. These are the ones with the most detail.
| Place | Type | Region | What is there | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold shower | shower | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Hamilton Public Dump Station Minogue Park | dump station | Waikato | — | Open → |
| unnamed | drinking water | Waikato | freedrinking water | Open → |
| unnamed | shower | Waikato | paidopen Mo-Su 08:00-16:00 | Open → |
| Ngaruawahia Dump Station | dump station | Waikato | dump station | Open → |
| unnamed | drinking water | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | shower | Waikato | freeopen 24/7 | Open → |
| Caltex | dump station | Waikato | — | Open → |
| unnamed | drinking water | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | shower | Waikato | open 24/7private | Open → |
| unnamed | dump station | Waikato | freeopen 24/7 | Open → |
| unnamed | drinking water | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | shower | Waikato | open Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00 | Open → |
| unnamed | dump station | Waikato | open 24/7 | Open → |
| unnamed | drinking water | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | dump station | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | drinking water | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | shower | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | dump station | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | drinking water | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | shower | Waikato | paid | Open → |
| unnamed | dump station | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | drinking water | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | shower | Waikato | paid | Open → |
| unnamed | dump station | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | drinking water | Waikato | — | Open → |
| unnamed | shower | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | dump station | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | drinking water | Waikato | — | Open → |
| unnamed | shower | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | dump station | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | shower | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | dump station | Waikato | drinking water | Open → |
| unnamed | shower | Waikato | free | Open → |
| unnamed | dump station | Waikato | — | Open → |
| unnamed | shower | Waikato | private | Open → |
| unnamed | dump station | Waikato | — | Open → |
| unnamed | shower | Waikato | — | Open → |
| unnamed | dump station | Waikato | — | Open → |
| unnamed | shower | Waikato | private | Open → |
Viewpoints
228 places somebody marked as worth stopping for the view.
| Place | Region | What is there | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokatea Lookout (John H. Lucas Lookout) | Waikato | open 24/7 | Open → |
| Arapuni Swing Bridge | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Aratiatia Dam Lookout | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Aratiatia Power Station Lookout | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Aratiatia Rapids Mid Lookout | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Aratiatia Rapids Top Lookout | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Artist's Pallete Lookout | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Billy Goat Landing | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Black Hill Lookout | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Blue Lake | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Cave Bay | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Colsons Hill Lookout | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Control Gates Hill | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Edwards Lookout | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Emerald Lakes | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Everyone's Lookout | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Flat Rock | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Forest Tower | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Frying Pan Flat | Waikato | — | Open → |
| Glow Worm Wall | Waikato | — | Open → |
What is here
415 of the 1,185 places in Waikato carry a name; the rest are a category and a coordinate. The campsite table lists the 20 with the most detail — a season, a capacity, whether there is water on site — and every row opens in the app with photos, reviews and a route to it.
Water in, waste out
100 drinking-water points and 28 dump stations are recorded here. They decide how long a van can stay away from a serviced pitch, and they are the half of this map no campsite directory publishes.
Questions
How many campsites are there in Waikato?
183 campsites and caravan sites are recorded in Waikato, with 100 drinking-water points and 28 dump stations alongside them.
Where can I empty the toilet in Waikato?
There are 28 dump stations on the map in Waikato. The services table lists the ones with the most detail, and the app finds the nearest to where you actually are.
How current is this?
Rebuilt every week from OpenStreetMap; these figures were measured on October 25, 2026. Nothing here is verified by us, and nobody paid to be listed.
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