Happy Jacks Dam, Kosciuszko National Park

#29 among attractions in Kosciuszko National Park

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Happy Jacks Dam is a major ungated concrete gravity dam across the Tumut River in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's main purpose is for the generation of hydro-power and is one of the sixteen major dams that comprise the Snowy Mountains Scheme, a vast hydroelectricity and irrigation complex constructed in south-east Australia between 1949 and 1974 and now run by Snowy Hydro. ()

Opened: 1959 (65 years ago)Length: 249 ftHeight: 95 ftReservoir area: 12.36 acres (0.0193 mi²)Coordinates: 36°1'0"S, 148°25'59"E

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Happy Jacks Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Round Mountain, Deep Creek Dam, Cabramurra.

4.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Round Mountain, Kosciuszko National Park
122 min walk • The Round Mountain, one of three peaks of the same name in the region, is a mountain located on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains, part of the Great Dividing Range, in southeastern New South Wales, Australia.
5.7 miW
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Deep Creek Dam, Kosciuszko National Park
145 min walk • Deep Creek Dam is a major ungated concrete gravity dam across the Deep Creek in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia.
6.3 miNW
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Cabramurra, Kosciuszko National Park
160 min walk • Cabramurra was the third-highest permanently inhabited town on the Australian continent, situated at 1,488 metres in the western Snowy Mountains of the Great Dividing Range, in the state of New South Wales.

Happy Jacks Dam, Kosciuszko National Park

Facts and practical information

Happy Jacks Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Round Mountain, Kosciuszko National Park

Deep Creek Dam, Kosciuszko National Park

Cabramurra, Kosciuszko National Park