- Mount Magnificent Conservation Park
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Mount Magnificent Conservation Park IUCN Category III (Natural Monument)
Nearest town/city Mount Compass Coordinates 35°18′27″S 138°40′50″E / 35.3075°S 138.68056°E Area 0.9 km2 Established 27 April 1972 Managing authorities Department for Environment and Heritage Official site Mount Magnificent Conservation Park Mount Magnificent Conservation Park is a small conservation park located on the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia, 58 km south of Adelaide. The park comprises 90 ha of remnant bushland. The major feature of the park is the 380m high Mount Magnificent.[1] There is a walking track running east - west through the park, as well as an easy trail to the top of Mount Magnificent. All of this track is part of the Heysen Trail and links Finniss Conservation Park to the east, and Kyeema Conservation Park to the northwest. The park is a good site to see Western Grey Kangaroos in a near native habitat.[2]
Notes
- ^ Mount Magnificent Conservation Park Information Sheet Department for Environment and Heritage, Accessed 21/4/07
- ^ Willunga - South Australia, SMH, 8 February 2004, Accessed 23/9/07
The park at Easter 2007
Protected areas of South Australia National Parks Conservation Parks Acraman Creek · Billiatt · Black Hill · Cape Gantheaume · Cleland · Cox Scrub · Danggali · Deep Creek · Fairview · Finniss · Fort Glanville · Gum Laqoon · Kelly Hill · Hacks Lagoon · Hallett Cove · Horsnell Gully · Kaiserstuhl · Lake Gilles · Mamungari · Marino · Monarto · Morialta · Mount Magnificent · Naracoorte Caves · Ngarkat · Peebinga · Piccaninnie Ponds · Scott Creek · Seal Bay · Simpson Desert · Spring Gully · Talisker
Recreation Parks Regional Reserves Innamincka · Lake Frome · Nullarbor · Simpson Desert · Strzelecki
Conservation Reserves Wilderness Protection Areas Game Reserves Categories:- IUCN Category III
- Conservation parks of South Australia
- Fleurieu Peninsula
- 1972 establishments in Australia
- South Australia protected area stubs
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