Stromlo Forest: Brown Hill

 General Information

Grading:  easy

Distance:   10.2 kilometers

Total climb:   351 meters

Time taken:   2 hours 30 minute

Maps:   Canberra 8727-3N 1:25 000
             Cotter Dam 8627-2N 1:25 000 

Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO:   18 kilometres

Start point map grid reference:  Canberra 55H FA 82646 89755

Destination map grid reference:  Cotter Dam 55H FA 80526 88953 (Brown Hill)

End point:  same as start

Route

Description

This was another loop around the Stromlo Forest, taking in the Observatory and Brown Hill. We started from the (still closed) cafe near the top of Mt Stromlo and headed north where we struck some good views:

We primarily walked along management trails down to the western edge of the forest which we followed around to Brown Hill, which we climbed. We were a bit surprised to find a mini-bus full of sightseers from the National Arboretum already on the summit. After taking in the views we headed back up Mt Stromlo to our starting point.