Things to do with kids in Launching Place

Yarra Ranges Shire Council · 3139

Launching Place is in the Yarra Ranges area, and our data lists 6 parks and reserves in the suburb.

Landmarks

The biggest green space in Launching Place is Haining Farm, covering about 59 hectares. Yarra Bridge Streamside Reserve and Unnamed P0118 Private Nature Reserve are the next largest. Launching Place also has Jadodade Park, Hoddles Creek Bushland Reserve and Woori Yallock G161 Bushland Reserve. Our data shows 3 public toilets in Launching Place. For walks and rides, Lilydale-Warburton Rail Trail, Warburton Rail Trail and O'Shannassy Aqueduct Trail cross Launching Place. Our data lists 1 cafe or family restaurant in Launching Place for a lunch stop.

Getting around

There's no train station in Launching Place. The closest to Launching Place is Lilydale Railway Station (metro), about 21 kilometres from the suburb centre in a straight line. Bus 683 stops in Launching Place. By car from Launching Place, Healesville is about 18 minutes away, Lilydale about 26 minutes and the Melbourne CBD about 67 minutes, without traffic.

Nearby places for kids

For a pool or water play area, Warburton Water World in Warburton is about 15 minutes' drive from Launching Place. The closest library to Launching Place is Yarra Junction public library in Yarra Junction, about 3 minutes' drive. The closest skate park to Launching Place is the skate park at Yarra Junction Railway Station Historic and Cultural Features Reserve in Yarra Junction, about 4 minutes' drive. For a cinema, The Memo, Healesville in Healesville is about 18 minutes' drive from Launching Place. For an indoor play centre, PlayPlace in Mooroolbark is about 31 minutes' drive from Launching Place. For a zoo or wildlife park, Lyre Bird enclosure in Badger Creek is about 14 minutes' drive from Launching Place. Healesville is the closest bigger centre to Launching Place, about 18 minutes away by car, and has 2 playgrounds, a pool and a cinema.

Best for

Free days on the Lilydale-Warburton Rail Trail and in Launching Place's parks.

Nearby suburbs

Yarra Junction, next to Launching Place, has 1 playground, a library and a skate park. Next door to Launching Place, Woori Yallock has 1 playground. Hoddles Creek, Gladysdale and Don Valley also border Launching Place.

Playgrounds

Within 5 km

1 place

5-10 km

1 place

Parks and reserves

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6 places

Pools and water play

20-50 km

3 places

Libraries

Within 5 km

1 place

20-50 km

9 places

Skate parks, BMX and pump tracks

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1 place

20-50 km

38 places

Cafes and restaurants

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1 place

5-10 km

1 place