Lifestyle & outdoors

Best Hiking Suburbs in Australian Capital Territory

Suburbs near trails, national parks and extensive green space — ideal for bushwalking and outdoor recreation.

Belconnen currently leads this Australian Capital Territory list. Suburbs near trails, national parks and extensive green space — ideal for bushwalking and outdoor recreation. The index is relative to this list (100 = the top suburb here), not an overall suburb rating. Very small localities can rank highly when nearby services score well — check population and housing on each profile before treating a rank as a place to live.

Rank	Suburb	Index
#1	Belconnen	100
#2	Campbell	94
#3	Yarralumla	84
#4	Parkes	81
#5	Fadden	80
#6	Isaacs	72
#7	Lyneham	64
#8	Greenway	64
#9	Lawson	61
#10	Jacka	61
#11	Capital Hill	61
#12	Casey	61
#13	Oaks Estate	59
#14	Acton	59
#15	Watson	59
#16	Strathnairn	58
#17	Taylor	57
#18	City	56
#19	Moncrieff	56
#20	Phillip	56
#21	Bruce	55
#22	Hall	55
#23	Barton	55
#24	Forde	54
#25	Franklin	54
#26	Crace	54
#27	Ainslie	51
#28	Duffy	50
#29	Narrabundah	50
#30	Weston	50
#31	Farrer	49
#32	Charnwood	49
#33	Nicholls	48
#34	Bonner	48
#35	Kambah	47
#36	Stirling	47
#37	Latham	46
#38	Ngunnawal	46
#39	Giralang	46
#40	Kaleen	45
#41	Lyons	45
#42	Holt	45
#43	Bonython	45
#44	Denman Prospect	44
#45	Melba	44
#46	Coombs	43
#47	Amaroo	42
#48	Griffith	42
#49	Torrens	41
#50	Florey	41

Index shows relative strength within this list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader, not an overall suburb rating.

Best Hiking Suburbs in Australian Capital Territory

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