# Jules Knob, a lookout of Christchurch

A named lookout on the city’s high ground, standing over Akaroa.

Suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa)

From the air, an aerial view of Jules Knob: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-jules-knob (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONL16.2 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 1 October 2010 · 7.2 km from the pin
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.816761&lon=173.043573&radius=250

## Around it

- [Mikimiki Knob](https://www.chch.live/summit/mikimiki-knob), high place · ~900 m
- [Woodcutter's Clearing](https://www.chch.live/summit/woodcutters-clearing), high place · ~900 m
- [Look Out](https://www.chch.live/summit/look-out), high place · 1.5 km
- [Ferngully](https://www.chch.live/summit/ferngully), high place · 1.7 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Jules Knob?**

A named lookout in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing over [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa).

**Is the pin on the map exact?**

It’s OpenStreetMap’s position, the top or the viewing spot as the volunteer map marks it. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record.


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The position, elevation and names are OpenStreetMap’s, a named peak or 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.
The page: https://www.chch.live/summit/jules-knob
Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson
The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site