Weston Park
Weston Park is a park located on a peninsula on the western side of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australia. In 1963 the park was named after Charles Weston, who had founded the nearby Yarralumla Nursery in 1914.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Cfitzart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Canberra, Australia encompassiong Yarralumla Peninsula and Kurrajong Point
- Also known as: “Weston Park, Canberra”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lindsay Pryor National Arboretum and Spinnaker Island.
Lindsay Pryor National Arboretum
Forest
The Lindsay Pryor National Arboretum is an arboretum on the Yarramundi Reach peninsula in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It is named after Lindsay Pryor, a noted Australian botanist.
Spinnaker Island
Islet
Photo: Percita Dittmar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spinnaker Island, within Lake Burley Griffin, is located in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. In total there are six islands in the lake, but only three are named.
Yarramundi Reach
Grassland
Yarramundi Reach is a small peninsula on the western end of Lake Burley Griffin, in the Australian Capital Territory, close to Scrivener Dam. It is also the name for the area of water on Lake Burley Griffin between it and Weston Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Black Mountain Peninsula and Canberra.
Black Mountain Peninsula
Locality
Black Mountain Peninsula, located in Acton, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of the capital Canberra, is a prominent area on the western region of Lake Burley Griffin. It is popular for water recreation and picnics.
Canberra
Photo: Kyle Taylor, CC BY 2.0.
Canberra was built to be the capital city of Australia, taking up all of Australian Capital Territory surrounded by the southeast of New South Wales. A planned city with national monuments, museums, and galleries all built around large man-made lakes.
Acton
Acton is a small affluent suburb west of Civic and is Canberra's university district, mostly taken up by the Australian National University. Right next to the ANU is the Australian National Botanic Gardens, containing some of the most diverse ranges…
Weston Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.29305° or 35° 17′ 35″ southLongitude
149.09191° or 149° 5′ 31″ eastElevation
569 metres (1,867 feet)Open location code
4RPFP34R+QQOpenStreetMap ID
way 5953386OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Weston Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Weston Park (parke sa Awstralya, Australian Capital Territory)”
- Cebuano: “Weston Park”
- Russian: “Уэстон Парк”
- Swedish: “Weston Park (park i Australien, Australian Capital Territory)”
- Swedish: “Weston Park”
- Ukrainian: “Вестон-парк (Канберра)”
- Ukrainian: “Вестон-парк”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yarralumla Peninsula and Kurrajong Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Weston Park Railway and Canberra Regatta Course (Yarramundi Reach).
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Weston Park”. Photo: Cfitzart, CC BY-SA 3.0.