Burnside Walks - B - Wheal Watkins Circuit

Length: 1.5km
Duration: 1hr
Grade: 3
Style: Circuit
Start: 69 Mount Osmond Rd, Mount Osmond
End: 69 Mount Osmond Rd, Mount Osmond

Location: Mount Osmond Reserve
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Distance from CBD: 10.7 km
State: SA
Latitude: -34.96176696
Longitude: 138.658558

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Burnside Walks - B - Wheal Watkins Circuit is a 1.5km, grade 3 circuit hike, located in Mount Osmond Reserve, South Australia. The hike should take approximately 1hr to complete.

Hike Summary

A loop through Wheal Watkins Reserve, a former mining area worked in the 1840s (wheal is cornish for mine). The trail passes through stands of pine and ecualypt forest, and walks along a wide fire track in the top section.

This walking trail is part of the Burnside Walks network, a series of trails around the hills on the edge of the City of Burnside, and in Mount Osmond Reserve. The trails are all well marked, with regular signs and numbered checkpoints that correspond to the excellent walking map.

Parking is available at the end of 9 Wheal Watkins Street, Glen Osmond, a the end of Allandale Avenue, and at places marked with a P on the Burnside Walks Brochure.

About the region

Mount Osmond is a small suburb of 2,497 people in the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. The suburb is at a high elevation in the Mount Lofty Ranges, and provides views over Adelaide as well as containing a renowned golf course and country club. Mining operations in the 19th century gave the area notoriety, but it has since developed slowly into a small, quiet and secluded suburb.

Getting there

Parking is available at the end of 9 Wheal Watkins Street, Glen Osmond, a the end of Allandale Avenue, and at places marked with a P on the Burnside Walks Brochure.

GPX file courtesy of Walking SA. File may not contain elevation data and may only represent half the length on return hikes.