Mount Gambier
- Prominence
- 143 m469 ft
- Isolation
- 20 km
- Tonight
- 10°CRain · Wind 19 km/h S
Mount Gambier is a 190 m (623 ft) mountain in the Newer Volcanics Province, South Australia, Australia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 190 m · 623 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Napier (440 m)
- Range
- Newer Volcanics Province
- Region
- South Australia, Australia
- Spanish name
- Monte Gambier
- Coordinates
- 37.8404° S, 140.7560° E
Mount Gambier 3D map
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Mount Gambier topographic map
10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Gambier downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Mount Gambier
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Parking, 0.5 km SE of Mount Gambier
- Distance
- 0.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +71 m(233 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Gambier weather
Today · Rain at night · 10 / 20°C (50 / 68°F) · 12.4 mm · Wind 19 km/h S
Mount Gambier forecast for the summit, about 190 m.
- Today10°20°12.4 mm19 km/h S
- Sun6°12°1.1 mm22 km/h SW
- Mon6°12°2.4 mm21 km/h W
- Tue9°12°0.4 mm17 km/h SW
- Wed6°15°0.3 mm17 km/h W
- Thu12°19°12.7 mm17 km/h NE
- Fri13°20°2.3 mm17 km/h NE
- Sat9°14°1.1 mm22 km/h SW
- Sun6°13°–14 km/h S
- Mon13°16°0.2 mm17 km/h NE
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Gambier
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Gambier, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.4 km S
Nearest caravan site
Blue Lake Holiday Park
Nearest campsite
Mt Gambier Showgrounds
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.4 km S |
| Parking | 0.4 km NNE |
| Parking | 0.5 km SE |
| Blue Lake Holiday ParkCaravan site | 1.2 km ESE |
| Pine Country Caravan ParkCaravan site | 1.9 km SSE |
| Mt Gambier Central Caravan ParkCaravan site | 2.7 km ENE |
| Mt Gambier ShowgroundsCampsite | 3.7 km E |
How steep is the route to Mount Gambier?
The easiest mapped route, 0.5 km from 108 m to 190 m. Steepest stretch: 17°.
- 0–15°0.5 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 357 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Superb Fairywren77
- Swamp Wallaby51
- Australasian Swamphen47
- Red Wattlebird35
- Australian Magpie33
- Crimson Rosella31
Where Mount Gambier sits
- Region
- South Australia9Australia156Oceania282
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 181 m at the summit; the official height is 190 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 190 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 181 m | -9 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 173 m | -17 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 2026-01-17)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- 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