Oval Hill

Oval Hill is a hill in Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia and has an elevation of 604 metres. Oval Hill is situated nearby to the village Ashton, as well as near Uraidla.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Horsnell Gully Conservation Park and Mount Bonython.

Horsnell Gully Conservation Park

Nature reserve

Photo: Foraminifera, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Horsnell Gully Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia in the locality of Horsnell Gully located about 9 kilometres east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 2.3 kilometres southwest of Norton Summit. Horsnell Gully Conservation Park is situated 3 km west of Oval Hill.

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 Bonython is situated 3 km southwest of Oval Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ashton and Uraidla.

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".

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.

Summertown

Suburb

Photo: Yeti Hunter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Oval Hill

Type: Hill with an elevation of 604 metres
Category: landform
Location: Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-34.94475° or 34° 56′ 41″ south

Longitude

138.73753° or 138° 44′ 15″ east

Elevation

604 metres (1,982 feet)

Open location code

4QQW3P4Q+42

GeoNames ID

8852618

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