# Windy Point, a lookout of Christchurch A named lookout on the city’s high ground, standing over Lyttelton. Suburb: [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton) From the air, an aerial view of Windy Point: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-windy-point (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## The ground under it - [On a council-listed parcel](https://www.chch.live/hazards), Vehicle refuelling, service and repair - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō - [The plan zones this ground Specific Purpose (Lyttelton Port)](https://www.chch.live/zones), SPLP - [The rockfall survey counts 53 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 12 came down · 4 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 29 June 2011 · ~500 m from the pin · 337 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.60639&lon=172.731362&radius=250 ## Around it - [Urumau Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1416-urumau-reserve), regional park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-187-sumner), track · 1.4 km - [Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/summit/tauhinukorokio-mount-pleasant), high place · 2.0 km - [Ōketeupoko / The Basket of Heads](https://www.chch.live/summit/oketeupoko-the-basket-of-heads), high place · 2.1 km - [Port hills](https://www.chch.live/summit/port-hills), high place · 2.2 km - [Upper Gondola Station](https://www.chch.live/summit/upper-gondola-station), high place · 2.2 km ## The reports nearby 43 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8068006), [27 Cashin Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/27-cashin-quay) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8056207), [27 Cashin Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/27-cashin-quay) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7873281), 69–75 Sumner Rd, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7737067), [27 Cashin Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/27-cashin-quay) - [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/6952483), [27 Cashin Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/27-cashin-quay) - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6759059), 79–81 Sumner Rd, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6746713), Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6379936), [27 Cashin Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/27-cashin-quay) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6355638), [27 Cashin Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/27-cashin-quay) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6350410), [27 Cashin Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/27-cashin-quay) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6350301), [27 Cashin Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/27-cashin-quay) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5598231), [121 Sumner Road, Banks Peninsula, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/121-sumner-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Windy Point?** A named lookout in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing over [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton). **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/windy-point Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site