Wellington Park | |
Map: | Tasmania |
Iucn Category: | II |
Photo Alt: | A photo of Hobart from the eastern shore of the Derwent River with Mount Wellington in the background |
Coordinates: | -42.89°N 147.16°W |
Coords Ref: | [1] |
Relief: | yes |
Map Alt: | Location of Wellington Park in Tasmania |
Nearest City: | Hobart |
Area: | 182.5 |
Area Ref: | [2] |
Visitation Num: | 280,491 |
Visitation Ref: | [3] |
Operator: | Wellington Park Management Trust |
Url: | https://www.wellingtonpark.org.au/ |
Wellington Park is the protected area which encompasses kunanyi / Mount Wellington and surrounds near Hobart, Tasmania. There are numerous hiking and mountain bike tracks within the park of varying difficulty.
Although it carries the same status as a national park (IUCN protected area category II[2]), because the park contains private land it cannot technically be reserved as a national park.[4]
Wellington Park is administered by the Wellington Park Management Trust established in 1993 whose members include: Hobart and Glenorchy City Councils, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, DPIPWE, TasWater and Tourism Tasmania.[5] The Wellington Park Management Trust is outlined in the Wellington Park Act 1993.[6]