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Norton Summit

Norton Summit is a town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, located approximately 12 km east of the city of Adelaide.

Norton Summit
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The place

Norton Summit is a town in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, located approximately 12 km east of the city of Adelaide. The town is named after Robert Norton, who arrived in South Australia shortly after its proclamation, and made the first recorded climb in the area in 1836.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Norton Summit

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Mount Lofty

    Mount Lofty AHD) is the highest point in the southern Mount Lofty Ranges. It is located about 15 km east of the Adelaide city centre, within the Cleland National Park in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia.

    5.8 km · mountain in South Australia, Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Horsnell Gully Conservation Park

    Horsnell Gully Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia in the locality of Horsnell Gully located about 9 kilometres east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 2.3 kilometres southwest of Norton Summit. It contains several small gorges feeding the Adelaide Plains, a small seasonal waterfall and a number of walking trails including one that is part of the Heysen Trail.

    2.3 km · conservation park in South Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Mount Bonython

    Mount Bonython above sea level) is one of two major peaks in the Adelaide Hills visible from Adelaide. The other, about a kilometre to the south and some 50 m higher, is Mount Lofty.

    5.8 km · mountain in Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Kensington Oval, Adelaide

    The Kensington Oval is located on 344 The Parade, Kensington, South Australia. Now used primarily for cricket in South Australia, the venue was once Adelaide's premier athletics facility and known as Olympic Sports Field.

    5.8 km · Cricket ground in the Kensington Park district of Adelaide, South Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Hazelwood Park, Adelaide

    Hazelwood Park is a park in the Australian state of South Australia located in the suburb of Hazelwood Park within the Adelaide Metropolitan Area. First creek continues its journey from the hills through the park, the water flowing from Waterfall Gully and into Tusmore.

    5.9 km · park in South Australia, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Cleland National Park

    Cleland National Park is a protected area in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, located about 22 kilometres south-east of Adelaide's city centre. It preserves a substantial expanse of natural bushland along the Adelaide Hills face, encompassing Mount Lofty Summit and Waterfall Gully.

    6 km · national park in South Australia, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Thorndon Park Reserve

    Thorndon Park Reserve is a public park in the Adelaide suburb of Paradise, South Australia. It was originally the site of the Thorndon Park reservoir, which was completed in 1860.

    5.4 km · park in Adelaide, South Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Norton Summit

Airports
Adelaide (ADL), 17 km
  • Geelong/Melbourne → Norton Summit
    649 km · quickest by air, 5h 39m · A$260–380
  • Melbourne → Norton Summit
    644 km · quickest by air, 5h 24m · A$240–360
  • Sydney (Mascot) → Norton Summit
    1148 km · quickest by air, 5h 20m · A$250–380
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  2. 02
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  4. 04
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Around it

Next door to Norton Summit

Norton Summit is 11 km from Adelaide, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.