« All Events

Kapunda to Hamilton to Peters Hill

Sat 20 to Sun 21 Aug 2016

This event has passed

Details

Walk name/location
Kapunda to Hamilton to Peters Hill
Walk grade
End-to-End 9
Description

Saturday will be a pleasant walk following backroads, tracks and fence lines through the undulating farmland of the Lower North.

On Sunday we follow backroads and road reserves of open scrubland, before a short climb up Peters Hill, where walkers are rewarded with pretty vistas over the farmlands of the lower Mid North

Start
Saturday 20 August 2016
End
Sunday 21 August 2016
Walk Leaders
Dana Florea
David Weinel
Peter Clark
Catherine Anderson
David Szilassy

Map legend:

Walk section along Heysen Trail shown in red:
The rest of the Heysen Trail shown in blue:
Map & GPS Files
Map view options
View map in full screen format.
View full featured Interative Map of the Heysen Trail.
Download map data
Download GPX file.
Download KML file for Google Earth/Maps.
Download full-featured GPX and/or KML files of the Heysen Trail.
Mapsheet

Mapsheet 3A, Tanunda to Kapunda

Find out more about Mapsheets

Meeting Location

Meeting location details will be provided after you have registered for this event.

Details
Information withheld
Map URL
Information withheld
Event Fees
Event fee
AUD $16.00
(under 18 years of age AUD $2.00)
Golden Boots cards
Accepted
Bus
AUD $40.00
Walk Specifics (Saturday)
Start time
9.00am
End time
2.00 pm
Walking from
Kapunda
Grid Reference: 077 975
Latitude: -34.345 (34° 20' 42")
Longitude: 138.9102881306 (138° 54' 37.0373")
Walking to
Hamilton
Grid Reference: 044 102
Latitude: -34.2309190083 (34° 13' 51.3084")
Longitude: 138.8763367917 (138° 52' 34.8125")
Distance
24km
Risks (Saturday)
Hazards

Road walking. Keep to RHS. May need to walk through tall grass/crops

Experience

Trail walker

Walk Specifics (Sunday)
Start time
9:00am
End time
2.00pm
Walking from
Hamilton
Grid Reference: 044 102
Latitude: -34.2309190083 (34° 13' 51.3084")
Longitude: 138.8763367917 (138° 52' 34.8125")
Walking to
Peters Hill
Grid Reference: 026 167
Latitude: -34.1719991111 (34° 10' 19.1968")
Longitude: 138.8582884333 (138° 51' 29.8384")
Distance
15km
Risks (Sunday)
Experience

Trail walker

Nearby Campsites and Accommodation Options

This list is generic and is derived from the Walk Selector for this walk section. Your walk leader may be suggesting a different or specific town or accommodation option to be based at.

In This Section

On or within 2 km of this Heysen Trail section.

  1. Marrabel

  2. Marschalls Hut

  3. Lights Hummocks Reserve

  4. Marrabel walk-in site

  5. Hamilton

Near This Section

More than 2 km off of the Heysen Trail section.

  1. Riverton

  2. Riverton Hotel

Further Afield

Beyond this Heysen Trail section.

  1. Kapunda

  2. Smith Hill

  3. Kapunda Tourist Park