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Litchfield National Park Zoning Scheme Map 1 Zoning scheme B u W F r t a i o l n n ke n r i s d s a o R R u m C J re u e n k R C g k i l reek v r e a e P r R oad Batchelor ad Ro r ld helo ie Batc f h c it 4 Finni L w ss d k Tra c h Bamboo Creek Tin Mine c n a r B e Walker Creek c n Ranger Station Bamboo Creek e r 4wd Track o l d F a o R R uth i So v e Termite r Florence Falls Mounds Buley Rockhole er iv R Ada k r Tjenya Falls Woodland a Creek r P ve Campground Ri s s Bine-Jeruk Falls i n in F s s i ld n n ie i Wangi Falls f F ch it L e Littl Walwalgiyn Tabletop Tjaetaba d Falls a Falls Swamp o R Greenant on Creek Milt Tolmer Falls Lost City LITCHFIELD Blyth Homestead NATIONAL PARK Tjaynera Falls (Sandy Creek Falls) Branc h ast Reynolds E So u th e rn er Rey iv n R o l d k A s c d R a r iv e e T l r a i d e A c c e ss Mis R ta B i k ra v e n ch e r C st r e n W ee k o t e l k p e a t e r S er C iv R Coult er T r a R e c d e k i y a n l e o l d d A s R Surprise Creek Falls i v e r LEGEND Zone Dispersed Use Zone k e e Intensive Use Zone r S C an dy Minimal Use Zone R e k y e n e o r Service Zone lds C Special Protection Zone Road nd Tablela Reynolds River Daly River R i Campground Park Facilities Zone v e r wes ke oa S R d Potential Horseriding Area ad o R Emergency Helicopter Landing Site (Wangi, Tolmer, Florence and Ranger Station) r e DATA SOURCE: iv Ranger Station R Cadastral, Topographic and Road Centreline data obtained from Information Services Section, LITCHFIELD NATIONAL PARK Department of Planning and Infrastructure. Potential Concession Campground TOPO-250K GEODATA Series 3 Topographic source data courtesy MAP 1 y ZONING SCHEME Existing Campground al Geoscience Australia, Canberra. © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia D (Geoscience Australia) 2006 Locality Please note in order to replicate the original hard copy map in a digital format, some features were added for which no spatial data existed. Therefore the Park Boundary location of those features is indicative only and not spatially correct. Road Map Reproduced By : Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sports. April 2009 Track 01 2 4 6 8 © Northern Territory of Australia Proposed 4wd Track The Northern Territory of Australia does not warrant that the product or any Kilometres Watercourse part of it is correct or complete and will not be liable for any loss, damage or Horizontal Datum: Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA) 1994 injury suffered by any person as a result of its inaccuracy or incompleteness. Map Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator, MGA Zone 52 83 .
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