Playford Lake

Playford Lake is a lake in City of Mitcham, South Australia. Playford Lake is situated nearby to the suburb Glenalta, as well as near Belair.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Belair National Park and Belair railway station.

Belair National Park

Photo: Tmyroadctfig, Public domain.

Belair National Park is a national park in Adelaide, 13 kilometres southeast of the city. It is South Australia's first national park, established in 1891 also making it Australia's second national park, and the tenth in the world.

Belair railway station

Railway station

Photo: EnglishElectric, Public domain.

Belair railway station is located on the Adelaide to Melbourne line in the Adelaide southern foothills suburb of Belair, 21.5 kilometres from Adelaide station. It is the terminus for Adelaide Metro's Belair line service.

Old Government House

Photo: Tmyroadctfig, Public domain.

Old Government House is a historic building located in Belair National Park, South Australia, and was South Australia's first official vice-regal summer residence of the Governor of South Australia from 1860 to 1880, and was used by governors Richard Graves MacDonnell, Dominick Daly and William Jervois.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Urrbrae and Coromandel East.

Urrbrae

Suburb

Photo: Bilby, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Urrbrae is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Mitcham. Located at the foot of the Adelaide Hills, it is bordered on the east by the South Eastern Freeway, and the Old Toll House, which marked the traditional entrance to the city of Adelaide in the 19th century.

Coromandel East

Suburb

Coromandel East is a semi-rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It lies within the City of Onkaparinga and has postcode 5157. Coromandel East, and its neighbouring suburb, Coromandel Valley, gain their name from a ship, the Coromandel, which arrived in Holdfast Bay from London in 1837 with 156 English settlers.

Myrtle Bank

Suburb

Myrtle Bank is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Unley. The suburb is named after a property near the foothills built in 1842 by William Sanders, who arrived in South Australia in 1838.

Playford Lake

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: City of Mitcham, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.00565° or 35° 0′ 20″ south

Longitude

138.63624° or 138° 38′ 11″ east

Elevation

269 metres (883 feet)

Open location code

4QPWXJVP+PF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 30093967

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

8211546

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Satellite Map

Discover Playford Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Glenalta and Belair.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Court 2 and Court 1.

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