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Box Hill - VIC

Mountain,Peak,Hill,Rocks

Position

DEG: -37.21077 145.35381

DMS: 37º 12' 38.77" S 145º 21' 13.7" E

UTM: 55 H 5880477mN 353928mE

Altitude: 345.66m

Place Type

Geography - Mountain,Peak,Hill,Rocks

Location

75.32kms NorthEast of Melbourne
401.9kms SouthWest of Canberra
658.91kms SouthEast of Adelaide

Address & Contact

Yea VIC 3717

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

The Box Hill area of the historic Golbourn Valley Railway line here was the severest climb between Tallarook & Yea with the line rising drastically on a long climb starting out at a gradient of 1 in 50 and steepening to 1 in 40 towards the top after going through 2 reverse 40 chain curves.

PlaceID	52605

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TrekNotes Near This Place (1)

Tallarook to Yea Rail Trail

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mangalore at 22/05:00am EDT

Distance from Box Hill 38.77km NW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
15.3°C	13.9°C	69%	9.7°C	1019.4hPa	0.0mm	SSW	7km/hr 4knots	9km/hr 5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Mangalore Airport

Distance from Box Hill 38.77km NW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	29.7	29.3	26.1	21.4	16.7	13.4	12.5	14.1	16.8	20.4	24.3	26.9
Mean Min. °C	14.1	14.3	12.2	8.5	6.0	3.9	3.1	3.9	5.3	7.2	9.9	11.8
Mean Rain mm	39.3	35.7	36.2	38.4	54.2	53.6	57.9	62.8	55.1	47.5	48.1	40.7