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Mount Ainslie

842 m2,762 ft

Prominence: 164 m537 ft
Isolation: 3.7 km
Tonight: 14°CLight rain showers · Wind 16 km/h N

Mount Ainslie is an 842 m (2,762 ft) mountain in the Brindabella Ranges, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

All facts

Elevation: 842 m · 2,762 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Majura (888 m)
Range: Brindabella Ranges
Region: Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Coordinates: 35.2699° S, 149.1588° E

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3D map

Mount Ainslie 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Ainslie terrain and contours

10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Ainslie elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Ainslie weather

Today · Light rain showers at night · 14 / 23°C (57 / 73°F) · 0.6 mm · Wind 16 km/h N

Mount Ainslie forecast for the summit, about 842 m.

Today14°23°0.6 mm16 km/h N
Sun8°22°18.3 mm28 km/h NW
Mon3°17°0.1 mm22 km/h NW
Tue3°13°–22 km/h W
Wed4°15°–21 km/h NW
Thu7°19°–12 km/h NE
Fri10°17°7.1 mm12 km/h NW
Sat10°20°1.3 mm21 km/h W
Sun4°16°1.3 mm9 km/h S
Mon9°17°–11 km/h E

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Ainslie

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Ainslie, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.0 km E
+2 more within 0.1 km
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Nearest campsite
Exhibition Park (epic) Camping Ground -
4.9 km N
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Nearest caravan site
Alivio Tourist Park
5.1 km WNW · +1 more within 7.2 km
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All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	0.0 km E
Parking	0.1 km N
Parking	0.1 km WSW
Exhibition Park (epic) Camping Ground -Campsite	4.9 km N
Alivio Tourist ParkCaravan site	5.1 km WNW
Canberra Holiday VillageCaravan site	7.2 km S

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 94% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

93.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

6.5%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 292 m low point 553 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 48.2%Grassland 27.9%Built-up 20.4%Water 2.4%Cropland 0.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 1,763 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Crimson Rosella365
Australian Magpie199
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo178
Eastern Grey Kangaroo175
Galah164
Eastern Rosella157

Where it sits

Where Mount Ainslie sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Mount Ainslie downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Ainslie satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-14.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 844 m at the summit; the official height is 842 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	842 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	844 m	+2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	838 m	-4 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-14)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Mount Ainslie

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

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