# Port hills, a lookout of Christchurch A named lookout on the city’s high ground, standing over Sumner. Suburb: [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner) From the air, an aerial view of Port hills: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-port-hills (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 - [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Unlikely”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [Inside a kept landscape, ONL38.2 - 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 rockfall survey counts 43 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 2 came down · 6 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 17 June 2011 · ~300 m from the pin · 505 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.58693&lon=172.730423&radius=250 ## Around it - [Greenwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1909-greenwood-park), regional park · under 150 m - [Mt Pleasant Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1659-mt-pleasant-reserve), regional park · ~300 m - [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-187-sumner), track · under 150 m - [Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/summit/tauhinukorokio-mount-pleasant), high place · ~350 m - [Ōketeupoko / The Basket of Heads](https://www.chch.live/summit/oketeupoko-the-basket-of-heads), high place · ~850 m - [Upper Gondola Station](https://www.chch.live/summit/upper-gondola-station), high place · 1.2 km - [Mount Cavendish](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-cavendish), high place · 1.2 km ## The reports nearby 13 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7298042), 551–569 Summit Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6886656), [575 Summit Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/575-summit-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5670022), [533 Summit Road, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/533-summit-road) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/4908476), [575 Summit Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/575-summit-road) - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/3945623), [575 Summit Road, Canterbury 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/575-summit-road) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/3528435), [575 Summit Road, Canterbury 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/575-summit-road) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/3410979), [575 Summit Road, Canterbury 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/575-summit-road) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/3234006), [575 Summit Road, Canterbury 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/575-summit-road) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/2946464), [575 Summit Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/575-summit-road) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/2769672), [575 Summit Road, Canterbury 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/575-summit-road) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/2769654), [575 Summit Road, Canterbury 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/575-summit-road) - [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/2545012), [575 Summit Road, Canterbury 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/575-summit-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Port hills?** A named lookout in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing over [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner). **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/port-hills Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site