Himalayan Cedars Picnic Area

Himalayan Cedars Picnic Area is a picnic site in Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Himalayan Cedars Picnic Area is situated nearby to Federation Rocks - National Rock Garden, as well as near the grassland Yarramundi Reach.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Arboretum Canberra and Yarramundi Reach.

National Arboretum Canberra

Playground

Photo: Nbound, CC0.

The National Arboretum Canberra is a 250-hectare arboretum in Canberra, the national capital of Australia, created after the area was burned out as a result of the Christmas 2001 and 2003 Canberra bushfires: The Himalayan cedar forest lost about one third of its trees, and the commercial radiata pine plantation was burned out, allowing the arboretum to be created. National Arboretum Canberra is situated 750 metres west of Himalayan Cedars Picnic Area.

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. Yarramundi Reach is situated 660 metres southeast of Himalayan Cedars Picnic Area.

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.

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.

Cook

Suburb

Cook is a suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. At the 2021 census, Cook had a population of 2,965 people. Cook is situated 3 km north of Himalayan Cedars Picnic Area.

Himalayan Cedars Picnic Area

Type: Picnic site
Category: tourism
Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.28704° or 35° 17′ 13″ south

Longitude

149.07685° or 149° 4′ 37″ east

Open location code

4RPFP37G+5P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 730956099

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=picnic_site

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Highlights include Federation Rocks - National Rock Garden and National Arboretum Canberra.

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