[3] The north-east end, Bluff Hill, has a steep cliff face overlooking the Port of Napier.

[5] The building was demolished in 2015 after years of sitting derelict and the land has recently been purchased (December 2020) by the Napier City Council to be developed for use as a new reservoir to replace the current ageing water source on Enfield Road.

[8] Napier Botanical Gardens were established in the 1860s, and were for a long time the only public park in the city.

[9] Prior to the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, the hill was almost surrounded with water, with just two shingle spits running north and south, and was known as Scinde Island.

The earthquake raised the Napier area and the sea receded from around the island and the spits.