Canberra Nature Park: The Pinnacle and Kama

General Information

Grading:  easy

Distance:   12.2 kilometers

Total climb:   367 meters

Time taken:   2 hours 35 minutes
Moving time: 2 hours 12 minutes

Maps:   Canberra 8727-3N 1:25 000

Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO:   9.4 kilometers

Start point map grid reference: 55H FA 86284 96432

Destination map grid reference:  55H FA 83460 95004

Dates walked: 19 August 2025

 

Route

 

Description

This walk starts at the parking area off Springvale Drive near De Salis Street. From there I walked southeast and then southwest around the edge of The Pinnacle Reserve. At map reference 55H FA 85379 96011 I turned off down the track linking The Pinnacle and Kama Nature Reserves. Passing under William Hovell Drive through the underpass, I walked roughly southwest down as far as the Molonglo River.

 I did some further exploring around the river and a bit downstream...

 ...before heading back to the underpass and the beginning of the link trail. From there I turned left and completed a loop back to the starting point via The Pinnacle itself.

Queanbeyan: Queanbeyan Riverside

General Information

Grading: easy
Distance:  7.3 kilometers
Total climb:  95 metres
Time taken:  1 hour 45 minutes
Map:  Canberra 8727-3N, 1:25 000
Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO:  16.5 kilometers
Start point map grid reference:  55H GA 02027 86724
Destination map grid reference:  none
End point:  same as start

Route

 

Description

The starting point for this walk is the Queanbeyan Railway Station. We first walked down to the Queanbeyan River railway bridge...

 ...and then on to the Queanbeyan Riverside Cemetery, where we spent some time exploring. From there we followed the river as far as we could before turning back. On the return journey we crossed over the Queanbeyan Suspension Bridge...

 

...and walked for a short distance along the eastern side of the river before returning back to our starting point by much the same path.