Mount Coree · 1,421 m · 25 km WNW

Mountain · Australian Capital Territory

Mount Taylor

856 m2,808 ft

Prominence: 210 m688 ft
Isolation: 7.7 km
Tonight: 14°CLight rain showers · Wind 17 km/h N

Mount Taylor is an 856 m (2,808 ft) mountain in Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

All facts

Elevation: 856 m · 2,808 ft
Nearest higher peak: Gibraltar Peak (Canberra) (1,038 m)
Region: Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Coordinates: 35.3724° S, 149.0757° E

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3D map

Mount Taylor 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Taylor 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 Taylor elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Taylor weather

Today · Light rain showers at night · 14 / 23°C (57 / 73°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 17 km/h N

Mount Taylor forecast for the summit, about 856 m.

Today14°23°0.5 mm17 km/h N
Sun9°21°19.5 mm26 km/h NW
Mon3°16°–21 km/h NW
Tue2°13°–18 km/h W
Wed4°17°–17 km/h N
Thu7°18°–11 km/h N
Fri9°17°4.7 mm12 km/h N
Sat9°20°1.2 mm18 km/h W
Sun4°15°0.5 mm15 km/h S
Mon8°17°–10 km/h N

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.

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 96% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

96.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

3.9%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 288 m low point 568 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 45.0%Built-up 34.4%Grassland 20.4%

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; 1,002 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Gang-gang Cockatoo98
Australian Magpie89
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo78
Bogong Moth75
Galah61
Crested Pigeon58

Where it sits

Where Mount Taylor sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Ginninderra575 m15 km N

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGMount Taylor 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 856 m at the summit; the official height is 856 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	856 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	856 m	-0 m
Copernicus GLO-90	852 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