Summertown
Summertown is a town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. It adjoins Uraidla. At the 2016 census, Summertown had a population of 676. Although technically ending along Greenhill Road directly at the Police House, further on is Summertown's Elderly Home, giving further confusion to the actual placement of the town's borders.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Yeti Hunter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 670 residents
- Description: town in South Australia
- Also known as: “Somerton”, “Summerton”, “Summertown, South Australia”, and “Summertown, South Australia, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Lofty and Mount Bonython.
Mount Lofty
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Lofty is the highest point in the southern Mount Lofty Ranges. It is located about 15 km east of the Adelaide city centre, within the Cleland National Park in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia. Mount Lofty is situated 2½ km southwest of Summertown.
Mount Bonython
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mount Bonython is one of two major peaks in the Adelaide Hills visible from Adelaide. The other, about a kilometre to the south and some 50 m higher, is Mount Lofty.
Mount Lofty Botanic Garden
Garden
Photo: Nicktwiggy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
First opened in 1977, the crescent-shaped Mount Lofty Botanic Garden is situated on 100 hectares on the eastern slopes of Mount Lofty in the Adelaide Hills east of Adelaide in South Australia. Mount Lofty Botanic Garden is situated 3½ km southwest of Summertown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uraidla and Ashton.
Uraidla
Village
Photo: Gracee, Public domain.
Uraidla is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, Australia. At the 2016 census, Uraidla had a population of 575. However it also sits at the centre of a larger population catchment of rural townships which include Summertown, Piccadilly, Ashton, Basket Range, Carey Gully, Norton Summit and Cherryville.
Ashton
Village
Ashton is a town in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia. It was named by George Hunt in 1858 after his home Ashton in England. Ashton is from the old English word aesctun, which means "ash tree town".
Piccadilly
Suburb
Photo: Mazzone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Piccadilly is a small town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, Australia. As of 2021, Piccadilly has a population of around 405. The Piccadilly Valley was for many decades a market gardening center which produced food for the Adelaide and overseas market. Piccadilly is situated 2½ km south of Summertown.
Summertown
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-34.95942° or 34° 57′ 34″ southLongitude
138.73219° or 138° 43′ 56″ eastPopulation
670Elevation
532 metres (1,745 feet)United Nations Location Code
AU SUMOpen location code
4QQW2PRJ+6VOpenStreetMap ID
node 205386628OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Summertown” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Summertown”
- Basque: “Summertown (Hegoaldeko Australia)”
- Basque: “Summertown”
- Catalan: “Summertown”
- Cebuano: “Summertown”
- Chinese: “森馬敦”
- Chinese: “深蔴村”
- Chinese: “深麻村”
- Dutch: “Summertown, South Australia”
- French: “Summertown”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Summertown”
- Persian: “سامرتاون، استرالیای جنوبی”
- Russian: “Саммертаун”
- Swedish: “Summertown, South Australia”
- Swedish: “Summertown”
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