# Watchtower lookout, a lookout of Christchurch A named lookout on the city’s high ground, standing over Cass Bay. Suburb: [Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay) From the air, an aerial view of Watchtower lookout: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-watchtower-lookout (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, ONL1.0 - 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 121 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 45 came down · 12 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 10 September 2010 · ~450 m from the pin · 453 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.597386&lon=172.705575&radius=250 ## Around it - [Whakaraupo Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/914-whakaraupo-reserve), the regional park it’s inside - [Mt Cavendish Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1449-mt-cavendish-reserve), regional park · ~400 m - [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · ~400 m - [Walk and bike track through Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-154-heathcote-valley), track · ~450 m - [Te Moenga-o-Wheke / The Tors](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-moenga-o-wheke-the-tors), high place · ~950 m - [Te Tihi-o-Kahukura / Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-tihi-o-kahukura-castle-rock), high place · 1.2 km - [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 · 1.3 km ## The reports nearby 1 report pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/4237913), CP34+2X, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Watchtower lookout?** A named lookout in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing over [Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay). **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/watchtower-lookout Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site