Blackstone Park

Blackstone Park is a park in West Tamar Council, Tasmania. Blackstone Park is situated near the suburb Blackstone Heights, as well as near the locality Blackstone Hills.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Duck Reach Power Station.

Duck Reach Power Station

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Duck Reach Power Station was the first publicly-owned hydroelectric power station in the Southern Hemisphere. Completed in 1895, the conventional plant provided power to Launceston, in northern Tasmania, Australia. Duck Reach Power Station is situated 3 km east of Blackstone Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackstone Heights and Travellers Rest.

Blackstone Heights

Suburb

Blackstone Heights is an outer suburb of Launceston sitting next to the South Esk River.

Travellers Rest

Suburb

Travellers Rest is a rural/residential locality in the local government areas of Meander Valley and Northern Midlands in the Launceston and Central LGA regions of Tasmania. Travellers Rest is situated 4 km south of Blackstone Park.

Trevallyn

Suburb

Trevallyn is a residential locality in the local government areas of Launceston and West Tamar in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 3 kilometres west of the city of Launceston. Trevallyn is situated 4½ km northeast of Blackstone Park.

Blackstone Park

Type: Park
Description: park in Tasmania, Australia
Category: recreation area
Location: West Tamar Council, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.45767° or 41° 27′ 28″ south

Longitude

147.07268° or 147° 4′ 22″ east

Elevation

145 metres (476 feet)

Open location code

4RC9G3RF+W3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 802942745

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

8151411

Wikidata ID

Q21927294

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Blackstone Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Blackstone Park (parke sa Awstralya)”
Cebuano: “Blackstone Park”
Swedish: “Blackstone Park (park i Australien)”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Blackstone Hills and West Riverside.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Trevallyn Dam Lookout and Cable Hang Gliding.

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