# The high places of Christchurch Every named summit and lookout the open map records inside the city, 58 summits and 32 lookouts, plus 136 more drawn without a name. ## The summits - [Aylmers Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/aylmers-hill), 270m - [Benoit](https://www.chch.live/summit/benoit) - [Berard](https://www.chch.live/summit/berard) - [Brasenose](https://www.chch.live/summit/brasenose), 785m - [Carews Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/carews-peak), 794m - [Carrs Mound](https://www.chch.live/summit/carrs-mound) - [Coppertop](https://www.chch.live/summit/coppertop), 670m - [Devils Gap](https://www.chch.live/summit/devils-gap), 735m - [Duvauchelle Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/duvauchelle-peak), 738m - [Flag Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/flag-peak), 809m - [French Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/french-hill), 815m - [Graeme](https://www.chch.live/summit/graeme), 446m - [Haytor](https://www.chch.live/summit/haytor) - [High Bare Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/high-bare-peak), 756m - [Holmes](https://www.chch.live/summit/holmes) - [Kaik Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/kaik-hill) - [Kellers Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/kellers-peak), 610m - [Lavericks](https://www.chch.live/summit/lavericks), 755m - [Le Bons Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/le-bons-peak), 500m - [Little Mount Herbert](https://www.chch.live/summit/little-mount-herbert), 913m - [Lucas Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/lucas-peak), 381m - [Marleys Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/marleys-hill), 502m - [Mount Ada](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-ada), 520m - [Mount Bradley](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-bradley), 855m - [Mount Cavendish](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-cavendish), 445m - [Mount Evans](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-evans), 703m - [Mount Fitzgerald](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-fitzgerald), 826m - [Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Patiki](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-herbert-te-ahu-patiki), 919m - [Mount Sinclair](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-sinclair), 841m - [Mount Vernon](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-vernon), 462m - [North Head](https://www.chch.live/summit/north-head) - [Okains Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/okains-peak), 573m - [Ōketeupoko / The Basket of Heads](https://www.chch.live/summit/oketeupoko-the-basket-of-heads) - [Ōmawete / Coopers Knob](https://www.chch.live/summit/omawete-coopers-knob), 573m - [Ōrongomai / Cass Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/orongomai-cass-peak), 545m - [Parikura](https://www.chch.live/summit/parikura) - [Pearce](https://www.chch.live/summit/pearce), 737m - [Pigeon Bay Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/pigeon-bay-peak) - [Purple Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/purple-peak), 646m - [Rocky Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/rocky-peak) - [Saddle Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/saddle-hill), 841m - [Stony Bay Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/stony-bay-peak), 806m - [Takamatua Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/takamatua-hill), 209m - [Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/summit/tauhinukorokio-mount-pleasant), 499m - [Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-heru-o-kahukura-sugarloaf), 496m - [Te Moenga-o-Wheke / The Tors](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-moenga-o-wheke-the-tors), 464m - [Te Oka](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-oka), 685m - [Te Poho-o-Tamatea](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-poho-o-tamatea), 405m - [Te Tihi-o-Kahukura / Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-tihi-o-kahukura-castle-rock) - [Te Upoko-o-Kurī / Witch Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-upoko-o-kuri-witch-hill), 421m - [Te Upoko-o-Tahumatā](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-upoko-o-tahumata), 525m - [The Monument](https://www.chch.live/summit/monument) - [Tuhiraki / Bossu](https://www.chch.live/summit/tuhiraki-bossu), 712m - [View Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/view-hill) - [West Peak](https://www.chch.live/summit/west-peak) - [Wild Cattle Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/wild-cattle-hill) - [Windsor Castle](https://www.chch.live/summit/windsor-castle) - [Zig Zag](https://www.chch.live/summit/zig-zag) ## The lookouts - [Akaroa Harbour View](https://www.chch.live/summit/akaroa-harbour-view) - [Big Pine Lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/big-pine-lookout) - [Bird Hide](https://www.chch.live/summit/bird-hide) - [Brooklands Lagoon](https://www.chch.live/summit/brooklands-lagoon) - [Contemplation Point](https://www.chch.live/summit/contemplation-point) - [Edge View](https://www.chch.live/summit/edge-view) - [Eye of the Needle](https://www.chch.live/summit/eye-of-the-needle) - [Ferngully](https://www.chch.live/summit/ferngully) - [Hidden Valley lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/hidden-valley-lookout) - [Jules Knob](https://www.chch.live/summit/jules-knob) - [Le bons bay lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/le-bons-bay-lookout) - [Look Out](https://www.chch.live/summit/look-out) - [Lookout Rock](https://www.chch.live/summit/lookout-rock) - [Lovers lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/lovers-lookout) - [Magnificent Lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/magnificent-lookout) - [Mikimiki Knob](https://www.chch.live/summit/mikimiki-knob) - [Moa's point](https://www.chch.live/summit/moas-point) - [New Brighton Pier](https://www.chch.live/summit/new-brighton-pier) - [Planetable](https://www.chch.live/summit/planetable) - [Port hills](https://www.chch.live/summit/port-hills) - [seat](https://www.chch.live/summit/seat) - [Ships' Graveyard](https://www.chch.live/summit/ships-graveyard) - [Sign of the Takahe Lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/sign-of-the-takahe-lookout) - [Skyline Beech Lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/skyline-beech-lookout) - [The Stones](https://www.chch.live/summit/stones) - [Upper Gondola Station](https://www.chch.live/summit/upper-gondola-station) - [Viewing Platform](https://www.chch.live/summit/viewing-platform) - [Watchtower lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/watchtower-lookout) - [Water Tower (Cashmere Hill lookout)](https://www.chch.live/summit/water-tower-cashmere-hill-lookout) - [Windy Point](https://www.chch.live/summit/windy-point) - [Woodcutter's Clearing](https://www.chch.live/summit/woodcutters-clearing) - [Wooden Seat](https://www.chch.live/summit/wooden-seat) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is the highest point in Christchurch?** Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Patiki, 919 metres as the open map tags it, on the Port Hills' crater rim. **How many named summits does Christchurch have?** 58 named summits and 32 named lookouts on the open map, plus 136 more drawn without a name. **Why do the hills carry two names?** The dual names are the map’s own, the Māori name and the later English one recorded together, the way the city’s signs now carry them. Each page lists every name the map knows. **Where does the summit map come from?** OpenStreetMap, every named peak and viewpoint inside the city boundary (ODbL). An elevation is the mapper’s tag, not a fresh survey; a listing is a lead, not a register entry. --- Named peaks and viewpoints on OpenStreetMap, inside the city boundary (ODbL). Elevations and dual names are the mapper’s tags, kept verbatim; a listing is a lead, not a survey. Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson The old sites: https://www.chch.live/site