Canberra Nature Park: Wanniassa Ridge and Macarthur Hill

General Information

Grading:  easy

Distance:   7 kilometers

Total climb:   290 meters

Time taken:   2 hours

Maps:   Tuggeranong 8727-3S 1:25 000

Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO:   22 kilometers

Start point map grid reference:  55H FA 93399 80372

Destination map grid reference:   Mt Wanniassa 55H FA 92096 81476
                                                     Macarthur Hill 55H FA 92852 79816

End point:  Same as start

Route

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Description

This walk started at the northernmost point of Jackie Howe Crescent in Macarthur. We followed the vehicular trail north and then west to the water tank at map reference 55H FA 93207 80663, at which point we followed a walking track up to the top of the ridge. We continued along the vehicular trail along the top of the Wanniassa Ridge until we came to Mt Wanniassa itself. At an elevation of 890 metres, this gave us some good urban and rural views in most directions.

We backtracked along the ridge and this time followed the vehicular trail dow the ridge towards Macarthur Hill, which we eventually came to.

We walked down the hill and along Jackie Howe Crescent back to the car.