NATIONAL ARBORETUM CANBERRA Telstra Tower Paths, Tracks and Trails to Belconnen ALL ACCESS: Sealed and GRADE 1: Sealed GRADE 2: These natural surface trails may have gentle hills, gravel paths providing path with no steps. short steep sections, slopes and occasional steps. The Bicentennial and wheelchair access. Track gradient Centenary Trails pass through the National Arboretum suitable for assisted Himalayan Cedar Track: 2.1 km (return). Walk from the Village wheelchair use. Centre to the towering 100-year-old Himalayan Cedars. Passing the Entry Events Terrace: 2 iconic Wide Brown Land sculpture and ceremonial plantings, this walk A 600 m (loop). features some of the most colourful trees in spring and autumn. On the southern side of 1 the Village Centre explore STEP Track: 1 km (return). Enjoy a gentle stroll to the Southern a series of feature gardens 3 Tablelands Ecosystems Park (STEP). This regional botanic garden Central Valley Path: 1.5 km (sealed and gravel path). features grasses, shrubs and trees as well as a Bush Tucker Garden. (one way). Follow the slope towards the 4 Mountain View Track: 3.3 km (one way). Soak up the many 7 B Dairy Farmers Hill Lookout: lower dam, explore ceremonial stunning views of the surrounding mountain ranges. Feel like some 100 m (one way). tree plantings and feature exercise? This is a great walk to get your heart pumping. The lookout oers panoramic gardens in the zigs and zags of Dairy Farmers Hill Track: 2.3 km (return). Walk up Dairy Farmers views, artworks and the the Central Valley. 5 Hill, home to the larger than life sculpture Nest III and one of iconic Nest III sculpture. Oering sensational views, the Canberra’s most scenic and photographed lookouts. path connects to several other Cork longer walks. Explorer Track: 7.2 km (return). Explore a world of trees in the southern Oak 6 forests! From trees extinct in the wild, habitat trees, research forests and Forest to City many beautiful natives, this walk is for those who want to stretch their Himalayan Cedars: legs and minds. 7 C 250 m (one way). Meander through the 7 Cork Oak Track: 1.9 km (return). Explore our 100 year old tall Himalayan Cedars to heritage listed Cork Oak plantation. Steeped in history, nd out a picturesque picnic why so many people love this forest. area. Wheelchair assisted access. Bush Tucker Garden BOUNDARY ROAD 3 4 STEP 3 2 2 Cork Oak 7 4 ALAY RD 3 IM AN CEDAR 2 Carpark H Himalayan Cedars FO RE ST C D Playground 1 R 2 IV E 2 AY W RK A P Village Centre G N Bonsai O IVE Discovery Garden N DR 4 RA NMAN E Y DE Central GG AD TU L EventsTerrace BOUNDARY ROAD Valley 1 5 Gallery of Gardens Amphitheatre 4 AK R AD 5 RK O O CO Margaret A Whitlam Pavilion 6 Main Entry/Exit 5 6 1 Dairy 4 5 Farmers Hill 4 B VE RI D ST RE 5 FO 4 6 6 Y A E W IV K R R D A P N A G N M N O E N D TOTARA ROAD A R Y 4 E D G A G L U T RIVER ROAD RIVER 6 Lindsay Pryor National Arboretum LAKE BURLEY GRIFFIN 6 Key Parking Information Forest are separated by grassy allees Wheelchair access Toilet Entry Dual carriageway freeway Cafe BOUNDARY ROAD Sealed road Dining Gift shop Unsealed road National Zoo R E Pod Playground 6 V I R and Aquarium O National Bonsai and Y L Management trail A G Penjing Collection 6 W N K R O A L Feature Gardens P O G M Access path N O Sculpture N A R E G G Walking track Barbecue U T Lookout 6 4 5 Featured walking track 2 3 7 RIVER ROAD Entry Centenary Trail Bicentennial National Trail N Nat. Arboretum AR app Hologram The Bicentennial and Centenary Trails pass 0 100 200 Nat. Arboretum AR app Soundscape through the National Arboretum to Woden No drones METRES No smoking onsite No. Common name Species 1 CORK OAK Quercus suber 2 Remnant trees and local native plantings NATIONAL ARBORETUM CANBERRA 3 COMMON FIG Ficus carica 4 HORSE-CHESTNUT Aesculus hippocastanum 5 WHITE CEDAR Melia azedarach ‘Caroline’ Forest Plantings 6 PERSIAN SILK TREE Albizia julibrissin 7 CHINESE EVERGREEN MAGNOLIA Magnolia delavayi SOUTHERN MAGNOLIA Magnolia grandiflora 8 JAPANESE FLOWERING DOGWOOD Cornus kousa The trees planted at the National Arboretum have been carefully selected by an expert panel for 9 CHINESE TULIP TREE Liriodendron chinense their conservation status, symbolic nature, aesthetic value and suitability for the site and climate 10 CALIFORNIAN FAN PALM Washingtonia filifera Many of the trees for the Arboretum forests were chosen from the International Union for 11 HIMALAYAN CEDAR Cedrus deodara 12 MONKEY PUZZLE Araucaria araucana Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, an international listing of all trees 13 WEEPING WILGIA Geijera parvifolia considered endangered. 14 PERSIAN IRONWOOD Parrotia persica 15 GRASS TREE Xanthorrhoea glauca From that long list, only trees that could manage Canberra’s variable 16 SUGAR MAPLE Acer saccharum climate were chosen. The forests also act as botanical arks and seed 17 YOSHINO CHERRY Prunus x yedoensis banks for the future. Some trees were chosen because they provide 18 BURR OAK Quercus macrocarpa 19 WESTERN QUEENSLAND WHITE GUM Eucalyptus argophloia outstanding seasonal colour, are a national tree and/or provide habitat 20 SOUTHERN TABLELANDS ECOSYSTEMS PARK for Australian native wildlife. DEMONSTRATION GARDEN (STEP) 21 MESA OAK Quercus engelmannii 22 CENTRAL VALLEY CEREMONIAL TREE PLANTINGS 23 PARANÁ PINE Araucaria angustifolia 1 24 JAPANESE CREPE MYRTLE Lagerstroemia fauriei ‘Fantasy’ 25 GALLERY OF GARDENS 2 26 CHILEAN WINE PALM Jubaea chilensis 27 MAIDENHAIR TREE Ginkgo biloba 28 HUILBOERBOON Schotia brachypetala 20 29 Yet to be planted 13 30 CAMDEN WHITE GUM Eucalyptus benthamii 5 24 28 3 31 MEDITERRANEAN RED BUD Cercis siliquastrum 35 21 14 15 9 6 32 WOLLEMI PINE Wollemia nobilis 16 11 4 33 GIANT SEQUOIA Sequoiadendron giganteum 29 10 7 36 17 34 PENCIL PINE Cupressus sempervirens ‘Stricta’ 45 37 30 8 35 RIVER BIRCH Betula nigra 22 18 36 EUROPEAN LARCH Larix decidua 46 38 12 37 Yet to be planted 55 39 26 47 31 19 38 SMALL-LEAVED LIME Tilia cordata 56 23 66 48 40 39 CEDAR OF LEBANON Cedrus libani ssp. libani 57 27 40 MOROCCAN CYPRESS Cupressus dupreziana var. atlantica 67 58 49 41 SAHARAN CYPRESS Cupressus dupreziana var. dupreziana 32 59 50 33 41 PIN OAK Quercus palustris ‘Freefall’ 68 42 42 CHINESE RUBBER TREE Eucommia ulmoides 60 74 51 34 43 BLACK TUPELO Nyssa sylvatica 52 43 75 69 61 44 SPANISH BIRCH Betula pendula ssp. fontqueri 53 44 SILVER BIRCH Betula pendula ssp. pendula 62 45 CHILEAN MYRTLE Luma apiculata 70 81 63 54 46 CEDROS ISLAND PINE Pinus radiata var. binata 76 47 Yet to be planted 82 71 64 48 SOUTH ESK PINE Callitris oblonga ssp. oblonga 83 77 65 49 PURPLE-LEAFED SMOKEBUSH Cotinus ‘Grace’ 72 84 78 50 CANARY MADRONE Arbutus canariensis 79 73 51 SILKY OAK Grevillea robusta 85 52 NORWAY SPRUCE Picea abies 80 53 ORIENTAL PLANE Platanus orientalis 88 86 Key 54 DAWN REDWOOD Metasequoia glyptostroboides 89 87 55 HILLGROVE SPOTTED GUM Eucalyptus michaeliana 90 Forest area separated by 92 91 grassy allees 56 STONE PINE Pinus pinea 57 CHILEAN CEDAR Austrocedrus chilensis 93 Dual carriageway freeway 58 SILK FLOSS TREE Ceiba speciosa Sealed road 59 JELLY PALM Butia capitata 95 94 60 ALEPPO PINE Pinus halepensis 96 Unsealed road MONTEREY PINE Pinus radiata 97 98 Management trail 61 TURKISH PINE Pinus brutia 99 Access path 62 DOVE TREE Davidia involucrata 100 63 Trial Lot – Various species 101 Walking track 64 TOTARA Podocarpus totara KOWHAI Sophora microphylla 103 102 65 LAWSON CYPRESS Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 0 200 400 66 CHINESE ARBORVITAE Platycladus orientalis 104 67 JAPANESE SNOWBELL Styrax japonicus N METRES 68 WEEPING SNOW GUM Eucalyptus lacrimans 69 Yet to be planted 70 EASTERN RED BUD Cercis canadensis 71 BUNYA PINE Araucaria bidwillii 72 ORIENTAL SWEET GUM Liquidambar orientalis No. Common name Species No. Common name Species 73 TRIDENT MAPLE Acer buergerianum ssp. buergerianum 83 ROBLE DE SANTIAGO Nothofagus macrocarpa 94 SOAP BARK TREE Quillaja saponaria TAIWANESE TRIDENT MAPLE Acer buergerianum ssp. formosanum 84 JAPANESE ZELKOVA Zelkova serrata 95 YUNNAN CYPRESS Cupressus duclouxiana 74 EUPHRATES POPLAR Populus euphratica 85 MORRISBY’S GUM Eucalyptus morrisbyi 96 SOUTHERN CATALPA Catalpa bignonioides YUNNAN POPLAR Populus yunnanensis var gundaroo 86 DATE PLUM Diospyros lotus 97 AMERICAN YELLOWWOOD Cladrastis kentukea 75 CHINESE MAHOGANY Toona sin.e nsis 87 CALLERY PEAR Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’ 98 RED IRONBARK Eucalyptus tricarpa 76 RADIATA PINE Pinus radiata var radiata 99 SPOTTED GUM Corymbia maculata 77 TOROMIRO Sophora toromiro 88 PERSIAN WALNUT Juglans regia PAGODA TREE Styphnolobium japonicum 100 DROOPING SHEOAK Allocasuarina verticillata 89 TOOTHED LANCEWOOD Pseudopanax ferox 78 Yet to be planted 101 Yet to be planted 90 GUADALUPE ISLAND PINE Pinus radiata var. binata 79 KURRAJONG Brachychiton populneus 102 OSAGE ORANGE Maclura pomifera BOTTLE TREE Brachychiton rupestris 91 Yet to be planted 103 CLANWILLIAM CEDAR Widdringtonia wallichii 92 WALLANGARRA WHITE GUM 80 EUROPEAN BEECH Fagus sylvatica Eucalyptus scoparia (previously cedarbergensis ) 93 PECAN Carya illinoinensis 81 SMALL-LEAVED GUM Eucalyptus parvula 104 GOLDEN RAIN TREE Koelreuteria paniculata 82 ENGLISH OAK Quercus robur 93 FRANKLIN TREE Franklinia alatamaha Yet to be planted.