Protected areas of Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Capital Territory as of 2014 contains 46 separate protected areas with a total land area of 1302 km2 or 55.5% of the territory's area, and which managed by Territory and Municipal Services of the ACT government:

Botanic gardens

 * Australian National Botanic Gardens

National parks

 * Namadgi National Park

Nature Reserves
As of 2020, a total of 47 nature reserves are listed as part of the National Reserve System with a total area of 249.80 km2. As of 2015, 33 of these nature reserves have been grouped together under the name Canberra Nature Park.


 * Aranda Bushland
 * Black Mountain
 * Bruce Ridge
 * Bullen Range
 * Callum Brae
 * Cooleman Ridge
 * Crace
 * Dunlop Grassland
 * Farrer Ridge
 * Gigerline
 * Goorooyarroo
 * Gossan Hill
 * Gungaderra Grassland
 * Isaacs Ridge
 * Jarramlee Grassland Reserve
 * Jerrabomberra Wetlands
 * Justice Robert Hope Park
 * Kinleyside
 * Kowen Escarpment
 * McQuoids Hill
 * Melrose
 * Molonglo Gorge
 * Molonglo River
 * Mount Ainslie
 * Mount Majura
 * Mount Mugga Mugga
 * Mount Painter
 * Mount Pleasant
 * Mount Taylor
 * Mulanggari Grassland
 * Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary
 * O'Connor Ridge
 * Oakey Hill
 * Old Naas TSR
 * Percival Hill
 * Red Hill
 * Rob Roy
 * Stony Creek
 * Swamp Creek
 * The Pinnacle
 * Tidbinbilla
 * Tuggeranong Hill
 * unnamed
 * Urambi Hills
 * Wanniassa Hills
 * West Jerrabomberra
 * Woodstock

Wilderness zone

 * Bimberi