Type: | town |
Prospect Hill | |
State: | sa |
Pop: | 159 |
Postcode: | 5201 |
Elevation: | 400 |
Dist1: | 7 |
Dir1: | south |
Location1: | Meadows |
Dist2: | 46 |
Dir2: | south |
Location2: | Adelaide |
Lga: | District Council of Mount Barker |
Lga2: | Alexandrina Council |
Stategov: | Heysen |
Fedgov: | Mayo |
Coordinates: | -35.22°N 138.73°W |
Local Map: | yes --> |
Near-N: | Meadows |
Near-E: | Bull Creek |
Near-S: | McHarg Creek |
Near-Sw: | Blackfellows Creek |
Near-W: | Kuitpo |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Prospect Hill is a small town in the southern Adelaide Hills of South Australia, Its major industries are forestry in Kuitpo Forest and dairy farming. There are also mountain bike trails in the area.[2]
Prospect Hill was severely impacted by the Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983. The town lost 16 houses, the scout hall and CWA hall.[3]