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Canberra National Arboretum – Scrivener Dam loop from Gungahlin Place

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Australian Capital Territory

Canberra National Arboretum – Scrivener Dam loop from Gungahlin Place

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Canberra National Arboretum – Scrivener Dam loop from Gungahlin Place

02:30

57.0km

350m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 25, 2026

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Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 27.7 km for 186 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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11.8 km

Lonsdale Street

Highlight • Cafe

Great cafes all along Lonsdale Street (and a bike shop).

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14.3 km

Sullivans Creek

Lake

14.7 km

Willow Tree by the Lake

Highlight • Lake

Start east, the go west and avoid morning sun in your eyes. Far more enjoyable.

Tip by

18.7 km

Canberra National Arboretum

Highlight • Forest

Particularly nice riding at sunrise or sunset.

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19.8 km

View of Scrivener Dam

Highlight • Viewpoint

20.5 km

Scrivener Dam

Highlight • Monument

Scrivener Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Molonglo River, completed in 1963, and is responsible for creating Lake Burley Griffin as a recreational and ornamental body of water. …

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24.1 km

Mount Stromlo, Dairy Farmers Hill, and Black Mountain Peaks

Highlight • Summit

The National Arboretum in Canberra has beautiful cycling tracks that run across the whole place. It’s perfect for mountain or gravel bikes. The natural scenery combined with the zen of …

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27.8 km

View of Black Mountain from Stromlo Leisure Centre

Highlight • Viewpoint

Get warmed up for a chilly April start and +80km loop to Black Mountain and back. Be able to peel off the layers when its warmer and you are climbing Mt Ainslie and Black Mountain

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28.2 km

Stephen Hodge Criterium Cycling Circuit

Highlight • Cycleway

Canberra's very own criterium circuit at the base of Mt Stromlo

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57.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

47.2 km

7.00 km

1.90 km

605 m

225 m

125 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

46.9 km

9.83 km

172 m

112 m

Elevation

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Highest point (630 m)

Lowest point (540 m)

Weather

Today

Sunday 19 July

15°C

-4°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 8.0 km/h

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Canberra National Arboretum – Scrivener Dam loop from Gungahlin Place

Lonsdale Street

Willow Tree by the Lake

Canberra National Arboretum

View of Scrivener Dam

Scrivener Dam

Mount Stromlo, Dairy Farmers Hill, and Black Mountain Peaks

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