scenic viewpoint
kunanyi / Mount Wellington
1,271 m summit above Hobart reached by a sealed 21 km road to an enclosed observation shelter overlooking the Derwent estuary.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Mount Nelson
Tasmania, Australia · Oceania
About Mount Nelson
Mount Nelson is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Taroona, 53km from Devils Kitchen.
Mount Nelson is in Tasmania, Australia, with about 2,400 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Taroona, about 4 km away.
Mount Nelson is a residential suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, located 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the Hobart central business district. It is part of both the City of Hobart and Kingborough Council municipalities. The suburb was developed post-World War II and includes educational institutions such as Hobart College and MountRead more
Nelson Primary School. The area features native bushland, recreational amenities, and access to the Truganini Conservation Area. As of the 2021 census, Mount Nelson had a population of 2,749. The suburb is accessible by road from Sandy Bay and is serviced by several Metro Tasmania bus routes.
The suburb covers approximately 5.9 square kilometres (2.3 sq mi), including 14 parklands that account for 16.3% of its area. Its first thoroughfare, Nelson Road, was constructed in 1908 to improve access to the historic Mount Nelson Signal Station, which served as a semaphore link between Hobart and Port Arthur during the colonial era.
Mount Nelson is popular with tourists for attractions such as the Mount Nelson Signal Station, the Truganini Conservation Area, and several walking trails. It also features educational facilities, including Hobart College and the Sustainability Learning Centre, as well as recreational amenities like the University Soccer Club and Mount Nelson Oval.
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What is there to see near Mount Nelson?
Within an hour or so of Mount Nelson: kunanyi / Mount Wellington (7 km), Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) (13 km), Port Arthur Historic Site (50 km), Tessellated Pavement (51 km).
Where is Mount Nelson?
Mount Nelson is in Tasmania, Australia, about 4 km from Taroona.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,426
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Tasmania
- Timezone
- Australia/Hobart
- Coordinates
- -42.9207, 147.3207
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Worth the detour from Mount Nelson
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
Australia's most controversial and provocative private museum, built underground in a Tasmanian winery.
13 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Port Arthur Historic Site
Preserved 19th-century convict penal settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, a World Heritage site at the end of the Arthur Highway.
50 km · about 60 min drive
photogenic
Tessellated Pavement
A flat shore platform at Eaglehawk Neck fractured by tectonic stress into an almost perfectly rectangular grid, then eroded into pans and loaves. Best at low tide near sunrise.
51 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
Devils Kitchen
A collapsed sea cave near Eaglehawk Neck where the ocean boils 60 metres below in a narrow dolerite chasm, with Tasman Arch a short walk away. Both are metres from the car park.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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- Right herekunanyi / Mount Wellington1,271 m summit above Hobart reached by a sealed 21 km road to an enclosed observation shelter overlooking the Derwent estuary.
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