Location of Arkaroola Village
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Leigh Creek, 94.53kms E (133kms, 5hrs 17mins driving)
From
Hawker, 195.75kms NE (288kms, 7hrs 15mins driving)
From
Broken Hill, 272.72kms NW (715kms, 12hrs 25mins driving)
From
Innamincka, 315.8kms SW (414kms, 7hrs 49mins driving)
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Description of Arkaroola Village
Arkaroola Village is the settlement and resort at the hub of a 61,000 hectare wilderness sanctuary in the Northern
Flinders Ranges in
South Australia, adjacent to
Gammon Ranges National Park and the Mawson Plateau. The Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary is located 700 km north of
Adelaide in
South Australia. The most common way to get there is by car, but a plane can be chartered from Parafield Airport in northern
Adelaide.
Privately owned and operated by the Sprigg family, descendants of Reg Sprigg (geologist). Arkaroola Village can offer the visitor a wide range of activities and features:
camping and
accommodation, a store, service station and an information centre. The Visitors Information Centre can help with details of what there is to see and do around Arkaroola, from walking trails and scenic drives, to scenic flights, guided 4WD
tours and a look at the universe from the astronomical observatory.
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Weather & Climate for Arkaroola Village
Closest Weather Station
Arkaroola at 15:00 21 Nov CDT
Distance from Arkaroola Village 0.1km NW
| Temperature | Feels Like | Rel. Humidity | Dew Point | Pressure | Rainfall | Wind Direction | Wind Speed | Gusts |
|---|
| 22.4°C |
24.6°C |
88% |
20.3°C |
-hPa |
0.0mm |
NW |
9km/h
5knots |
-km/h
-knots |
Closest Climatic Station
Arkaroola
Distance from Arkaroola Village 0.1km NW
| | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Mean Max. °C |
34.1 | 33.3 | 29.9 | 25.1 |
20.2 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 18.9 |
23.2 | 26.5 | 30.0 | 32.7 |
| Mean Min. °C |
19.9 | 19.3 | 15.8 | 11.0 |
7.2 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
8.0 | 11.2 | 15.3 | 17.7 |
| Mean Rain mm |
34.0 | 35.5 | 29.5 | 14.6 |
17.8 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 14.8 |
15.9 | 19.4 | 15.8 | 24.2 |
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Treks passing Arkaroola Village
Arkaroola 4WD Loop
The Arkaroola-Mt Painter Wilderness Sanctuary provides some of the most exciting off-road tracks in SA. The Echo Camp Track & backtracks wind their way through the impossibly steep mountains and deep gorges and will keep the 4WD enthusiast happy.
Flinders Ranges
The Flinders Ranges is semi-arid, harsh yet beautiful. There are many unique features here including gorges, ramparts and dry creekbeds.This is the region that Hans Heysen loved to paint and is a popular part of the Australian outback.
Gammon Ranges Bunyip Chasm
The drive into the Gammon Ranges National Park will reward you with spectacular views of rugged terrain, chasms and deep gorges, towering mountains, tree-lined creeks and freshwater springs.
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Strzelecki Track
The Stzrelecki Track is strictly the route form Innamincka to Lyndhurst, however our trek note is for travellers starting at Innamincka and travelling down to Arkaroola Village in the heart of the Flinders Ranges.
Recommended Reading for Arkaroola Village
Natmap Digital Maps 2008
NATMAP Digital Maps 2008 is the next generation of Geoscience Australia's popular NATMAP Raster 1:250 000 scale topographic digital maps.
NATMAP Digital Maps 2008 are exact digital copies of Geoscience Australia's NATMAP topographic maps. They cover the whole of Australia at 1:250 000 scale, and are current to 2006.
SH5409 Copley
This 1:250K topographic paper map covers an area about 150km from east to west and 110km from north to south (1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude). The map contains natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours (interval 50m), localities and some administrative boundaries.
Australia Aus Tour DVD
A must have for the long distance explorer. Here, Memory-Map teams up with Hema to bring you their acclaimed 4WD and regional maps together with 13 interactive Map Guides.The Map-Guides provide great information on each region, bushwalking, campsites and 4x4 tracks with text and photos.
Flinders Ranges
This map is suitable for two- and four-wheel drive enthusiasts as well as those wanting to take a closer look on foot.
Birdsville & Strzelecki Tracks
This magnificent area of outback Australia stretches from Betoota in the north, through Birdsville and south to Marree. The map also covers routes from Birdsville to Innamincka and Cameron Corner to Tibooburra in NSW, a popular entry point to this region north of Broken Hill.
South Australia
This double sided road map of South Australia features a comprehensive map of the state on one side and the Flinders Ranges and the South East on the other. This easy to read fully indexed map features national parks, places of interest plus more.
Great Desert Tracks of Australia Map Pack
This map pack includes the six Great Desert Tracks Maps, together with the Simpson Desert map, all packaged in a hard-cover folder with clear pockets.
This map pack is designed to offer an additional benefit to the constant map user by providing better value than buying the maps individually.
Great Desert Tracks of Australia SE
This is just one map from the 6 map set of the Great Desert Tracks Map Pack. This particular map covers Oodnadatta and Birdsville tracks, Strzelecki and Corner Country.
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