Mountain · Canterbury Region

Castle Hill

920 m3,018 ft

Isolation: 0.7 km
Tonight: 4°CFair · Wind 20 km/h NW

Castle Hill is a 920 m (3,018 ft) mountain in Canterbury Region, New Zealand.

All facts

Elevation: 920 m · 3,018 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Cheeseman (2,031 m)
Region: Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Coordinates: 43.2193° S, 171.7157° E

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3D map

Castle Hill 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Castle Hill terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Castle Hill elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Castle Hill weather

Today · Clear · 4 / 16°C (39 / 61°F) · Wind 20 km/h NW

Castle Hill forecast for the summit, about 920 m.

Today4°16°–20 km/h NW
Sun7°15°–27 km/h NW
Mon5°12°40.0 mm42 km/h N
Tue0°6°4.3 mm13 km/h NW
Wed5°8°8.6 mm20 km/h NW
Thu-4°9°0.2 mm18 km/h W
Fri3°9°–12 km/h NW
Sat7°11°0.7 mm20 km/h NW
Sun9°10°37.4 mm23 km/h N
Mon1°9°6.9 mm10 km/h SE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Castle Hill

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Castle Hill, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
1.2 km N
+2 more within 1.7 km
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Nearest hut
Porters Ski Lodge
7.6 km SW · +2 more within 7.7 km
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Nearest campsite
Mistletoe Flat Campsite
7.7 km N · +1 more within 7.7 km
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All mapped places 8

Place	Distance
Parking	1.2 km N
Parking	1.6 km NNW
Castle Hill (Kura Tawhiti) Car ParkParking	1.7 km SSE
Porters Ski LodgeHut	7.6 km SW
Environmental Education CentreHut	7.6 km N
Mistletoe Flat CampsiteCampsite	7.7 km N
Porters Lodge Camp SitesCampsite	7.7 km SW
Holloway LodgeHut	7.7 km N

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 60% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

60.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

32.6%

Steep, 30–45°

7.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 7.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 790 m low point 591 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 80.6%Trees 16.2%Bare rock / sparse 2.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 580 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mangrove-leaved daisy-bush93
Kopoti83
Matagouri72
Viper's-bugloss70
Oxeye daisy56
Sweet-brier56

Where it sits

Where Castle Hill sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Harper Pass962 m56 km NNE

Downloads

Castle Hill downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCastle Hill satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-23.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 922 m at the summit; the official height is 920 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	920 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	922 m	+2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	916 m	-4 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-23)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Castle Hill

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest hut

Nearest campsite

Data sources