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Fortes Campground - VIC

fortes

Free Camp

Position

DEG: -37.29897115 143.35471801

DMS: 37º 17' 56.29" S 143º 21' 17" E

UTM: 54 H 5869361mN 708706mE

Altitude: 533.66m

Place Type

Camps & Accom - Free Camp

Location

153.2kms West of Melbourne - Driving 175 km (2 hours 13 mins)
502.43kms SouthEast of Adelaide - Driving 575 km (6 hours 29 mins)
706.53kms NorthWest of Hobart - Driving 902 km (1 day 2 hours)

Address & Contact

364 Mt Lonarch Rd
Mt Lonarch VIC 3468

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

A pleasant, well grassed clearing with scattered exotics (an old house site) shaded by cypress pines. Surrounded by a mature pine forest on the lower slopes of Mt Lonarch.
There is limited level parking. Facilities are showing signs of age and limited maintenance.
An old mining area

PlaceID	102174

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TrekNotes Near This Place (1)

Pyrenees Range

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Ben Nevis at 16/11:30pm EST

Distance from Fortes Campground 15.74km NW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
4.5°C	0.8°C	99%	4.4°C	hPa	2.0mm	WNW	13km/hr 7knots	22km/hr 12knots

Closest Climatic Station

Maryborough

Distance from Fortes Campground 42.95km NE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	28.8	28.7	25.4	20.6	16.2	12.9	12.2	13.9	16.7	20.0	23.7	26.6
Mean Min. °C	12.9	13.2	11.2	8.3	6.1	4.2	3.4	3.9	5.4	7.2	9.5	11.3
Mean Rain mm	31.0	33.0	30.8	39.1	49.1	55.5	53.7	56.4	51.8	49.4	40.0	37.7