Mountain · Mount Lofty Ranges · South Australia

Mount Lofty

727 m2,385 ft

Prominence: 349 m1,144 ft
Isolation: 151 km
Tonight: 9°CHeavy rain · Wind 22 km/h SE

Mount Lofty is a 727 m (2,385 ft) mountain in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia.

All facts

Elevation: 727 m · 2,385 ft
Range: Mount Lofty Ranges
Region: South Australia, Australia
Spanish name: Monte Lofty
Coordinates: 34.9743° S, 138.7093° E

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3D map

Mount Lofty 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Lofty terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Lofty elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Lofty weather

Today · Rain showers · 9 / 20°C (48 / 68°F) · 27.3 mm · Wind 22 km/h SE

Mount Lofty forecast for the summit, about 727 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 200 m.

Today9°20°27.3 mm22 km/h SEBase 12 / 24°
Sun4°10°3.6 mm21 km/h SBase 7 / 14°
Mon3°12°0.4 mm14 km/h WBase 6 / 15°
Tue2°12°–13 km/h WBase 6 / 15°
Wed5°14°–12 km/h EBase 8 / 17°
Thu13°19°11.0 mm22 km/h NEBase 16 / 22°
Fri10°15°6.5 mm19 km/h WBase 13 / 18°
Sat7°13°1.4 mm18 km/h SWBase 10 / 16°
Sun7°16°–16 km/h EBase 10 / 19°
Mon14°18°1.4 mm21 km/h NEBase 18 / 21°

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.

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 60% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

60.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

34.8%

Steep, 30–45°

4.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 4.8% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 513 m low point 200 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 79.2%Grassland 18.1%Built-up 2.4%

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; 1,431 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Large-leaf Bush Pea679
Sand ixodia406
Common Heath404
Mount Lofty Ground-berry396
Superb Fairywren393
Myrtle Wattle363

Where it sits

Where Mount Lofty sits

Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGMount Lofty 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?

14 m low This 3D map reads 713 m at the summit; the official height is 727 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	727 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	713 m	-14 m
Copernicus GLO-90	711 m	-16 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: 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