page_title: Mount Cook Village
hierarchical_section_title: Mount Cook Village
caption_attribution_description: View over Mount Cook Village to The Footstool (far left) and Mount Cook
context_page_description: Aoraki / Mount Cook, often referred to as Mount Cook Village, is located within New Zealand's Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park at the end of State Highway 80, only 15 kilometres south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps.
  Being situated inside a National Park, it is not possible to own property in Mount Cook Village, however, because of the year-round operation of the hotel and motels, the village has a small permanent population of around 250. All buildings and facilities operate on concessions and leases from the government. The village has no grocery stores apart from a small in-hotel convenience store. The nearest supermarket is 65 kilometres away in Twizel, the closest town. There is a self-service petrol pump behind the hotel complex, however the fuel price reflects the remote location.
  Mount Cook Village operates a small school with a roll as low as a dozen children, the only school in New Zealand inside a national park.
context_section_description: Aoraki / Mount Cook, often referred to as Mount Cook Village, is located within New Zealand's Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park at the end of State Highway 80, only 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps.
  Being situated inside a National Park, it is not possible to own property in Mount Cook Village, however, because of the year-round operation of the hotel and motels, the village has a small permanent population of around 250.  All buildings and facilities operate on concessions and leases from the government.  The village has no grocery stores apart from a small in-hotel convenience store.  The nearest supermarket is 65 kilometres (40 mi) away in Twizel, the closest town. There is a self-service petrol pump behind the hotel complex, however the fuel price reflects the remote location.
  Mount Cook Village operates a small school with a roll as low as a dozen children, the only school in New Zealand inside a national park.
caption: Mount Cook Village down below in Hooker Valley, The Hermitage on the left, lodge & motel complex on the bottom right
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