General Information
Grading: very easyDistance: 4 kilometers
Total climb: 220 meters
Time taken: 1 hour 30 minutes
Maps: Yass 8628-2N 1:25 000
Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO: 73.5 kilometers
Start point map grid reference: Yass 55H FB 66960 49630
Destination map grid reference: Yass 55H FB 67512 50027
End point: Same as start
NOTE: Bowning Hill and its access road are on private land. We did the walk as part of a charity event which is held once a year for the benefit of the Yass Valley SPIN Foundation. The Hill is not accessible to the public at any other time without the landowner's permission.
NOTE: Bowning Hill and its access road are on private land. We did the walk as part of a charity event which is held once a year for the benefit of the Yass Valley SPIN Foundation. The Hill is not accessible to the public at any other time without the landowner's permission.
Route
Description
Bowning Hill would be familiar to anyone travelling on the Hume Highway west of Yass: a large, steep hill just to the left of the highway. The starting point for the climb was off Common Road (which is about 8 kilometers past the Yass Service Centre turnoff). The climb was along a bitumen service road that zigzags up the western side of the hill.
As we got near the top we could see a rocky outcrop on the top of the hill, although we found that this is not the highest point.
The views from the top are spectacular. We could easily make out Black Mountain Tower, Mt Gingera and Mt Tennant, but the views in all directions were uninterrupted.
After spending quite a while at the top of the hill (despite the cold wind blowing), we made our way back down the hill by the same path.
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