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Scrivener Dam – Canberra National Arboretum loop from Kambah

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Scrivener Dam – Canberra National Arboretum loop from Kambah

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Scrivener Dam – Canberra National Arboretum loop from Kambah

04:02

75.3km

960m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very 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: February 27, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 46.5 km for 58 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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13.8 km

Mount Stromlo Observatory Ruins

Highlight • Monument

Views aren't spectacular, but it's a great climb nonetheless. Don't forget to check out the criterium circuit at the base of the climb, either!

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19.4 km

Stephen Hodge Criterium Cycling Circuit

Highlight • Cycleway

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

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23.3 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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26.9 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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29.3 km

Winding Descent from the Summit

Highlight • Trail

Great spot for hill training with fun climbs and descents both sides of the summit.

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31.8 km

Canberra National Arboretum

Highlight • Forest

Particularly nice riding at sunrise or sunset.

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36.6 km

Willow Tree by the Lake

Highlight • Lake

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

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43.1 km

Mount Ainslie Lookout

Highlight • Viewpoint

Relatively quiet (one way up / one way back) road climb up to the lookout atop Mt Ainslie.

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45.2 km

Mount Ainslie Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

46.5 km

Marion Mahony Griffin Lookout

Viewpoint

53.6 km

Molonglo River

Lake

56.1 km

Jerrabomberra Pool

Lake

63.3 km

Red Hill Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

75.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

36.5 km

33.0 km

3.91 km

1.60 km

324 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

51.1 km

22.5 km

993 m

717 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (830 m)

Lowest point (540 m)

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Tuesday 19 May

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Scrivener Dam – Canberra National Arboretum loop from Kambah

Mount Stromlo Observatory Ruins

Stephen Hodge Criterium Cycling Circuit

Mount Stromlo, Dairy Farmers Hill, and Black Mountain Peaks

Scrivener Dam

Winding Descent from the Summit

Canberra National Arboretum

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