Black Hill Conservation Park

Black Hill Conservation Park
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
Access track in Black Hill Conservation Park
Nearest town or city	Adelaide
Coordinates	34°52′29″S 138°43′17″E / 34.87472°S 138.72139°E / -34.87472; 138.72139
Established	4 November 1993
Area	6.86 km²
Managing authorities	Department for Environment and Heritage
Official site	Black Hill Conservation Park

Black Hill Conservation Park is a public reserve approximately 10 km northeast of Adelaide, in the state of South Australia, Australia. The park is in a rugged bush environment, with a prominent peak, bounded by steep ridges on the southern slopes. The park adjoins Morialta Conservation Park, home to many activities, including bushwalking, bird watching and rock climbing.

History

The land used by the Morialta Conservation Park was traditionally occupied by the Kaurna people. Most of the Kaurna elders died before much of their culture could be recorded, and so little is known of the pre-colonial history of the area. It is known that they used fire both as an aid to hunting, and to regenerate the vegetation.

Private landholdings were given over to a wildflower garden on the north edge of the park which has now officially been handed over to the Park. The Friends of the Black Hill and Morialta Conservation Parks have a building on site where meetings are held and activities are based/conducted for help with the wildflower garden and the two Parks.

Geography and climate

Black Hill Conservation Park covers around 8 km² within the Mount Lofty Ranges, which run north-south to the east of Adelaide's coastal plain. It is bounded by Athelstone on the north, Marble Hill Road on the south, the suburb of Rostrevor on the west, and by agricultural land on the east.

The park lies mostly on the northern side of Fifth Creek.

The main access to the park is via the vehicle entrance off Maryvale Road, and there is walking access at various points along Marble Hill Road.

Morialta shares Adelaide's Mediterranean climate, with average temperatures of 17 degrees Celsius in winter, to 28 degrees during summer. The park receives average annual rainfall of 800 mm, mostly between May and September. During the summer months (December to February) temperatures can rise above 40 degrees.

Activities

The park caters for a variety of activities, including bushwalking, picnics and bird watching. There are many walking paths within the park, including the Yurrebilla and Heysen Trails.

Being only 10 km from the centre of Adelaide, Black Hill is an accessible but often overlooked park area. There are picnic grounds near the Park's Administration buildings and this area links in with the Athelstone oval and Wadmore Park, a Campbelltown City Council reserve.

References

Black Hill Conservation Park, retrieved 3-08-2006
Friends of Black Hill and Morialta Conservation Parks, retrieved 3-08-2006

External links

Black Hill Conservation Park at the South Australian Department for Environment and Heritage

Protected areas of South Australia

National parks	Belair Canunda Coffin Bay Coorong Flinders Chase Flinders Ranges Gawler Ranges Great Australian Bight Marine Innes Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens Lincoln Malkumba-Coongie Mount Remarkable Murray River Naracoorte Caves Nullarbor Onkaparinga River Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges Witjira

Conservation parks	Acraman Creek Aldinga Scrub Althorpe Islands Avoid Bay Islands Baird Bay Islands Bakara Baudin Baudin Rocks Beachport Beatrice Islet Beyeria Busby Islet Billiatt Bird Islands Black Hill Breakaways Butchers Gap Cap Island Cape Blanche Cape Gantheaume Cape Willoughby Carpenter Rocks Carribie Chadinga Cleland Clinton Cox Scrub Cygnet Estuary Danggali Deep Creek Douglas Point Dudley Eba Island Elliot Price Ewens Ponds Fairview Finniss Fort Glanville Fowlers Bay Franklin Harbor Gambier Islands Giles Goose Island Greenly Island Guichen Bay Gum Laqoon Kelly Hill Hacks Lagoon Hale Hallett Cove Hincks Horsnell Gully Kaiserstuhl Kellidie Bay Lake Gilles Lake Newland Lashmar Lathami Laura Bay Lesueur Leven Beach Lincoln Lipson Island Little Dip Mamungari Marino Martindale Hall Minlacowie Moana Sands Monarto Morialta Mount Brown Mount Dutton Bay Mount Magnificent Mount Taylor Munyaroo Nene Valley Nepean Bay Neptune Islands Newland Head Nicolas Baudin Island Ngarkat Nuyts Archipelago Nuyts Reef Olive Island Parndana Peebinga Penguin Island Pelican Lagoon Pigface Island Point Bell Point Davenport Point Labatt Piccaninnie Ponds Port Gawler The Pages Pullen Island Rocky Island (North) Ramsay Rocky Island (South) Salt Lagoon Islands Sceale Bay Scott Creek Seal Bay Searcy Bay Seddon Simpson Simpson Desert Sinclair Island Sir Joseph Banks Group Sleaford Mere Spring Gully Talisker Torrens Island Troubridge Island Tumby Island Venus Bay Vivonne Bay Wahgunyah Waldegrave Islands Warrenben West Island Whidbey Isles Wills Creek Winninowie Wittelbee

Game reserves	Bool Lagoon Bucks Lake Chowilla Currency Creek Lake Robe Loch Luna Moorook Mud Islands Poocher Swamp Tolderol

Recreation parks	Anstey Hill Brownhill Creek Caratoola Cobbler Creek Granite Island Onkaparinga River Para Wirra Sturt Gorge Totness

Regional Reserves	Chowilla Innamincka Lake Frome Nullarbor Simpson Desert Strzelecki Yellabinna

Conservation reserves	Bernouilli

Wilderness Protection Areas	Billiatt Cape Bouguer Cape Gantheaume Cape Torrens Danggali Hambridge Hincks Investigator Group Memory Cove Nullarbor Nuyts Archipelago Ravine des Casoars Western River Yellabinna

Aquatic reserves	American River Aldinga Reef Bales Beach Barker Inlet Blanche Harbour Coobowie Cowleds Landing Goose Island Great Australian Bight Marine Park Whale Sanctuary Point Labatt Port Noarlunga Seal Bay St Kilda – Chapman Creek Troubridge Hill West Island Yatala Harbour

Other protected areas	Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary Arkaroola Protection Zone