Canberra Nature Park: National Arboretum and Barrer Hill

General Information

Grading:  easy

Distance:   14.7 kilometers

Total climb:   341 meters

Time taken:   3 hours 55 minutes

Maps:   Canberra 8627-3N 1:25 000
Guide:  Link

Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO:   6 kilometers

Start point map grid reference:  55H FA 89657 94097

Destination map grid reference:  55H FA 86272 90941

End point:  same as start

Route

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Description

This walk started from the Aranda Snow Gums carpark just off William Hovell Drive at Glenloch Interchange. We followed the cycle path and passed under William Hovell Drive into the cork oak plantation in the National Arboretum.

Making our way through the cork oaks and the Himalayan cedar forest...

...we made our way to Boundary Road which we followed west and then south until we came to the southern edge of the Arboretum near Tuggeranong Parkway. We continued south until we came to Barrer Hill, which will probably look a lot nicer when the revegetation takes hold.

We followed the trail to the left up to the summit of the hill, which has good 360 degree views.

Heading back into the Arboretum we followed River Road paralleling Tuggeranong Parkway for a while before heading off through the tree plantations towards the Village Centre cafe and a well-earned lunch. We then headed back to the carpark.