Shooters Hill, New South Wales
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| lga = Oberon Shire
| postcode = 2787
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Shooters Hill is a locality and mountain located {{convert|25|km}} south of Oberon, New South Wales. It is the fourth highest point in the Central Tablelands at {{convert|1355|m}} {{AHD}}, behind Mount Canobolas at {{convert|1394|m}} {{AHD}}, Mount Bindo at {{convert|1363|m}} {{AHD}} and Mount Trickett at {{convert|1362|m}} {{AHD}}. Shooters Hill is a common location for snowfalls in the Central Ranges.
The tower location at {{convert|1355|m}} {{AHD}} is along Tower Road, accessible by turning off from a turnoff near the Shooters Hill locality area. The locality area (marked as Shooters Hill on most mapping software) is approximately {{convert|1242|m}} {{AHD}}. One can get good views over the area east of Shooters Hill at the tower location.
Shooters Hill Post Office opened on 1 December 1889 and closed in 1978.{{Cite web | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= | accessdate = 2011-05-26 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110715112110/https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= |archive-date=15 July 2011}}
Climate
Although there exists no climate data for the summit or even the upper slopes of Vulcan State Forest, there is, however, climate data existing for a lower region located farther south in the Gurnang State Forest.
The region is subject to high winds and volatile weather year-round. Snow falls heavily from June to September, less so in the mid to late spring months, and on rare occasions it can occur in the summer atop of Shooters Hill summit (most recently in December 2013).
{{Weather box
|location = Gurnang State Forest (1933–1975); 1,148 m AMSL; 34.01° S, 149.84° E
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|Jan record high C = 34.5
|Feb record high C = 34.4
|Mar record high C = 31.1
|Apr record high C = 25.6
|May record high C = 23.3
|Jun record high C = 16.7
|Jul record high C = 15.0
|Aug record high C = 18.9
|Sep record high C = 23.9
|Oct record high C = 26.7
|Nov record high C = 28.9
|Dec record high C = 33.3
|year record high C = 34.5
|Jan high C = 22.8
|Feb high C = 22.1
|Mar high C = 20.2
|Apr high C = 15.4
|May high C = 11.1
|Jun high C = 8.1
|Jul high C = 7.4
|Aug high C = 8.7
|Sep high C = 12.2
|Oct high C = 15.5
|Nov high C = 18.1
|Dec high C = 21.5
|year high C = 15.3
|Jan low C = 9.0
|Feb low C = 9.3
|Mar low C = 7.3
|Apr low C = 3.8
|May low C = 1.0
|Jun low C = -0.3
|Jul low C = -1.6
|Aug low C = -0.7
|Sep low C = 0.4
|Oct low C = 3.2
|Nov low C = 5.1
|Dec low C = 7.2
|year low C = 3.6
|Jan record low C = -0.6
|Feb record low C = 0.0
|Mar record low C = -5.6
|Apr record low C = -4.4
|May record low C = -8.0
|Jun record low C = -7.8
|Jul record low C = -10.0
|Aug record low C = -10.1
|Sep record low C = -6.7
|Oct record low C = -6.7
|Nov record low C = -3.3
|Dec record low C = -1.1
|year record low C = -10.1
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 89.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 78.9
|Mar precipitation mm = 67.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 70.4
|May precipitation mm = 76.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 96.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 84.6
|Aug precipitation mm = 89.1
|Sep precipitation mm = 77.9
|Oct precipitation mm = 85.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 85.3
|Dec precipitation mm = 75.6
|year precipitation mm = 1008.5
|Jan precipitation days = 8.9
|Feb precipitation days = 8.8
|Mar precipitation days = 8.6
|Apr precipitation days = 9.5
|May precipitation days = 10.9
|Jun precipitation days = 14.1
|Jul precipitation days = 13.3
|Aug precipitation days = 13.1
|Sep precipitation days = 10.6
|Oct precipitation days = 10.6
|Nov precipitation days = 10.2
|Dec precipitation days = 9.0
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See also
{{stack|{{portal|New South Wales|Mountains}}}}
- {{section link|List of mountains of Australia|New South Wales}}
- Retreat River
References
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External links
- {{NSW GNR|id=cd3ca3b8-a5cd-4435-bb1f-6f8a7d97249f|title=Shooters Hill|accessdate=}}
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Category:Towns in New South Wales