Summerhill
Summerhill is a residential locality in the local government areas of Launceston and Meander Valley in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 6 kilometres south of the town of Launceston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 3,040 residents
- Description: suburb of Launceston, Tasmania
- Also known as: “Summerhill, Tasmania” and “Summerhill, Tasmania, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Duck Reach Power Station and Silverdome.
Duck Reach Power Station
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Duck Reach Power Station was the first publicly owned hydro-electric plant in the Southern Hemisphere, and provided the Tasmanian city of Launceston with hydro-electric power from its construction in 1895 to its closure in 1955.
Silverdome
Sports venue
Photo: DaHuzyBru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Silverdome is an indoor sporting and entertainment venue located in Launceston, Tasmania. The capacity of the venue is 5,000. When it was built in 1984, it was Australia's first indoor velodrome.
Launceston General Hospital
Hospital
The Launceston General Hospital is one of the three main public hospitals in Tasmania, Australia. It is located in Launceston and serves the north of the state. Launceston General Hospital is situated 2½ km northeast of Summerhill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prospect and Prospect Vale.
Prospect
Suburb
Prospect is a residential locality in the local government area of Launceston in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 8 kilometres south of the town of Launceston.
Prospect Vale
Suburb
Prospect Vale is a rural/residential locality in the local government areas of Launceston and Meander Valley in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 7 kilometres south-west of the town of Launceston.
West Launceston
Suburb
West Launceston is a residential locality in the local government area of Launceston in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 3 kilometres south-west of the town of Launceston.
Summerhill
- Categories: suburb/locality of Tasmania and locality
- Location: Launceston, Eastern Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.46576° or 41° 27′ 57″ southLongitude
147.12571° or 147° 7′ 33″ eastPopulation
3,040Elevation
163 metres (535 feet)Open location code
4RC9G4MG+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 332982967OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
10113488Wikidata ID
Q7637594
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Summerhill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Summerhill”
- Irish: “Summerhill”
- Swedish: “Summerhill, Tasmanien”
- Swedish: “Summerhill”
- “Summerhill”
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