# Mount Evans, a summit of Christchurch A named summit on the city’s high ground, 703 metres above the sea. Height: 703 metres From the air, an aerial view of Mount Evans: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-mount-evans (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, ONL4.2 - Outstanding Natural Landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Rural Banks Peninsula](https://www.chch.live/zones), RuBP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 25 December 2011 · ~650 m from the pin · 102 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.64397&lon=172.781378&radius=250 ## Around it - [The Monument](https://www.chch.live/summit/monument), high place · 3.9 km - [Magnificent Lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/magnificent-lookout), high place · 5.4 km - [Windy Point](https://www.chch.live/summit/windy-point), high place · 5.8 km - [Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Patiki](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-herbert-te-ahu-patiki), high place · 6.0 km ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Mount Evans?** A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 703 metres above the sea. **How high is Mount Evans?** 703 metres, as OpenStreetMap tags it, a mapper’s elevation, not a new survey. **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. --- 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/mount-evans Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site