Mount Peel

It lies just south of the Rangitata river and is 22 kilometres (14 mi) north-west of Geraldine.

[1] The nearby forest was named by Francis Jollie, who settled in the area in late 1853.

Jollie had named the forest after Sir Robert Peel, the British Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who had died in 1850, the year that Canterbury was founded.

Different tracks cater to different climbing abilities, ranging from short 30 minute walks, to full day/overnight tramps.

[4] The native birds in the forest include bellbird, silvereye, tomtit, rifleman, grey warbler, kererū, fantail, silvereye, shining cuckoo and longtailed cuckoo.