Summary of Hikes by Park | Hiking the World

A summary of hikes (by length) listed by national park. All links for the hike location are to the starting point (trailhead) on Google Maps. To search for a specific hike use the Find a Trail page.

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Australia – ACT

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mount Taylor Walk	Sulwood Drive, Kambah	Easy	All year	5.2km circuit
Old Joe Hill	Horse Park Drive, Kenny	Easy	All year	11.8km return

Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Gibraltar Peak (1,038m)	Dalsetta carpark	Easy	All year	7.7km circuit

Namadgi National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Yankee Hat Trail	Old Boboyan Road	Easy	All year	6.2km return
Mount Tennant (1,375m)	Namadgi Visitor Centre	Moderate	All year	14.7km return
Mount Gingera (1,857m)	Corin Dam car park	Moderate	All year	20.4km return

Australia – NSW

For a comprehensive list of multi-day walks – Overnight Walks around Sydney
The 59km Harbour to Hawkesbury walk from Manly to Berowra Waters traverses the Ku-ring-gai Chase, Garigal and Berowra Valley National Parks.

Sydney & Sydney Harbour National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Taronga Zoo to Balmoral Beach	Bradleys Head Road	Easy	All year	6.8km one-way
North Head Loop	North Fort carpark	Easy/Moderate	All year	9.2km circuit
The Spit to Manly	Mosman, Sydney	Easy	All year	10km one-way

Sydney North – Lane Cove National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Lane Cove River Loop	Kissing Point Road, Turramurra	Easy	All year	5.8km circuit
Gordon to Thornleigh	Vale St, Gordon / Thornleigh Oval	Easy	All year	11.5km circuit

Sydney North – Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park – West Head

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
The Duckhole (Lower Gledhill Falls)	Start of West Head Rd	Easy	All year	800m return
Topham Hill rock art	South of Topham Track	Hard	All year (8am-6pm)	1-3km
Koolewong Track	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	1.3km return
West Head Army Track	West Head Lookout	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	1.3km return
Willunga Trig Track	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	1.5km return
Flannel Flower Beach	West Head Lookout	Moderate	All year (8am-6pm)	2km return
Crystal Creek Falls	McCarrs Creek Road	Hard	All year	2km return
Bairne Trig	West Head Road	Hard	All year	2.2km return
Topham Track	West Head Road	Moderate	All year (8am-6pm)	2.5km return
America Bay Track	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	2.6km return
Flint & Steel Bay	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	2.8km circuit
Challenger Trail	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	3km return
Wallaroo Hill	Salvation Creek Picnic Area	Moderate (off-track)	All year (8am-6pm)	3km return
Hungry Beach	West Head Road	Moderate	All year (low tide)	3.6km return
Hungary Trail	General San Martin Drive	Hard	All year	3.6km return
Arden Trig	West Head Road	Moderate	All year (8am-6pm)	3.6km return
Cottage Point Trigs	General San Martin Drive	Hard	All year	Approx 4km
Resolute Loop Trail	West Head Lookout	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	4.3km circuit
Elvina Bay Circuit	West Head Road	Hard	All year (8am-6pm)	5.4km circuit
Towlers Bay Circuit via Birnie Lookout	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	6.5km circuit
Mackerel and Basin Loop	Basin carpark	Moderate	All year (8am-6pm)	6.7km circuit
Wallaroo Trig	West Head Road	Moderate	All year (8am-6pm)	6.5km return
Secrets of the Basin Trail	West Head Road	Hard	All year (8am-6pm)	6-8km return
Challenger Head	West Head Road	Moderate	All year (8am-6pm)	7km return
Duckholes Trail loop (short)	McCarrs Creek Road	Easy	All year	8.6km circuit
Towlers Bay	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	9.4km return
Waratah Trail	West Head Road	Easy/Hard	All year (8am-6pm)	9.5km return
Bairne Trail	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	9.6km return
Refuge Bay	Salvation Loop Track	Moderate	All year (8am-6pm)	10km return
Bairne to Basin Circuit	West Head Road	Easy-moderate	All year (8am-6pm)	12km circuit
Yeomans Track Loop	West Head Road	Hard (off-track)	All year (8am-6pm)	11.2km return
Salvation Loop, Wallaroo and Yeomans Tracks	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	13.6km return

Best West Head Walks for recommendations on the top West Head trails
Guide to West Head Bushwalks covering all the trails, lookouts and picnic areas

Sydney North – Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park (+ St Ives Wildflower Garden)

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Terrey Hills Aboriginal Site	Larool Road	Moderate	All year	1.5km return
Chiltern Trail North	Chiltern Road, Ingleside	Easy	All year	2km return
Duffys Wharf Track and Slades Trail	Booralie Road, Duffys Forest	Easy/Moderate	All year	2.8km circuit
Solander Trail & Senses Track	St Ives Wildflower Garden	Easy	All year (8am-5pm)	2.9km return
Barrenjoey Lighthouse loop	Governor Phillip Park, Palm Beach	Easy	All year	3km circuit
Bibbenluke Trail	Bibbenluke Avenue, Terrey Hills	Easy	All year	3.6km return
Kierans Creek Route	Anembo Reserve, Duffys Forest	Moderate	All year	3.9km circuit
Sphinx Loop	Memorial Road / Sphinx car park	Moderate	All year (6am-8pm)	4km circuit
Exploring the Myall Trail	Ku-ring-gai Chase Road	Easy	All year (6am-8pm)	4km return
Mueller Track	St Ives Wildflower Garden	Easy	All year (8am-5pm)	4.3km circuit
Christies Pool	Warrimoo Road	Moderate	All year	4.7km return
Wildlife Garden Waterfall Loop	St Ives Wildflower Garden Visitor Centre	Moderate (off-track)	All year	5km circuit
Apple Tree Bay Loop	Apple Tree Bay Picnic Area	Moderate	All year	5.5km return
White Trig Ridge	Booralie Road, Duffys Forest	Moderate (off-track)	All year	5.5km return
Smiths Creek	Booligal Road, Terrey Hills	Easy	All year	5.8km return
Under the Motorway	Grosvenor Street, North Wahroonga	Moderate	All year	6km return
Peak Hill	William St, Brooklyn	Moderate/Hard	All year	6.1km circuit
Frog Hollow Circuit	Lister Street, North Wahroonga	Moderate	All year	6.4km circuit
Secrets of the Chiltern Trail	Chiltern Road, Ingleside	Moderate	All year	6.6km circuit
McCarrs Creek Loop	McCarrs Creek Rd	Moderate/Hard	All year	6.6km circuit
Bibbenluke to Anembo Reserve via Kierans Creek	Anembo Reserve, Duffys Forest	Hard	Summer best	6.8km circuit
Centre Track	General San Martin Drive: east and west	Easy	All year	7.2km return
Smiths Creek Loop	Nerang Ave, Terrey Hills	Easy	All year	7.3km circuit
Darri Track loop	End of Toolang Road, St Ives	Moderate	All year	7.7km return
Wildflowers on the Cowan Trail	End of Bulara St, Duffys Forest	Easy	All year	8km return
Mt Ku-ring-gai to Berowra	Harwood Ave / Berowra station	Moderate	All year	9km one-way
Shark Rock Ridge	Myoora Road / Aumuna Road	Moderate	All year	9.2km return
Cooyong Neverfail Trail & Callamine Trail Loop	Berowra railway station	Easy	All year	9.2km circuit
Kierans Creek Loop	Anembo Reserve, Duffys Forest	Hard	All year	9.4km circuit
Beyond the Wilkins Track	Kulgoa Crescent , Terrey Hills	Moderate (off-track)	All year	9.6km return
Sphinx Memorial to Bobbin Head loop	Memorial Road	Moderate	All year	9.8km circuit
Long Trail	Booligal Road (Terrey Hills)	Easy	All year	10.4km return
Mount Murray Anderson	Bulara St, Duffys Forest	Moderate	All year	11km return
Cowan and Wilkins Tracks	Bulara St, Duffys Forest	Easy	All year	12.2km return
Want Trig	Berowra railway station	Moderate	All year	12.5km return
Warrimoo Track	Warrimoo Road, St Ives / Mt Ku-ring-gai station	Moderate	All year	13km one-way
Brooklyn to Cowan (Great North Walk)	Hawkesbury River / Cowan stations	Moderate	All year	13km one-way
Pylons Loop (Warrimoo to St Ives Wildflower Garden)	Warrimoo Road, St Ives Chase	Moderate/Hard	All year	13.5km circuit
Gibberagong Track & Murrua Fire Trail loop	Grosvenor Street, North Wahroonga	Moderate/Hard	All year	14km circuit
Taffys Rock	Cowan Station	Moderate	All year	15.6km circuit

Guide to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park covers all walking and mountain-biking trails
Exploring the history of Cowan Creek – a boat trip exploring Aboriginal and European sites

Sydney North – Garigal National Park and Garigal Land

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Carroll Trig	Sir Thomas Mitchell Drive, Davidson	Easy	All year	0.8km return
Upper Cambourne Circuit	Cambourne Avenue, St Ives	Easy	All year	1.5km circuit
Natural Bridge Loop	Currie Road, Forestville	Easy	All year	3.3km circuit
Caleyi Trail Loop	Mona Vale Road, Ingleside	Easy	All year	3.9km circuit
Rocky Creek Loop	Eastern Arterial Road	Moderate	All year	4.3km circuit
Down to Five Mile Creek	Kamber Road, Terrey Hills	Moderate	All year	4.7km circuit
Pipeline Track	Hunter Ave, St Ives	Easy	All year	5.5km circuit
Cascades Track	Douglas St, St Ives	Easy	All year	5.6km circuit
Moon Rock Loop	Morgan Road, Belrose	Easy/Moderate	All year	6km circuit
Carroll Trig to Cascades	Sir Thomas Mitchell Drive, Davidson	Moderate	All year	6.3km circuit
Heath Trail & Bare Creek Loop	Ralston Ave, Belrose	Easy	All year	7km circuit
Bantry Bay Loop	Ararat Reserve, Frenchs Forest	Easy/Moderate	All year	7.4km circuit
Flat Rock Beach Circuit	Downpatrick Road, Killarney Heights	Easy/Moderate	All year	8.2km circuit
Deep Creek Loop	Deep Creek Reserve, Narrabeen	Easy/Moderate	All year	8.3km circuit
Two Creeks Track Loop	Lindfield Oval	Easy	All year	8.5km circuit
Carroll Creek Loop	Hunter Ave, St Ives	Easy/Moderate	All year	8.6km circuit
Casuarina and Lyrebird Loop	Downpatrick Road, Killarney Heights	Moderate	All year	9.1km circuit
Slippery Dip Loop	Slippery Dip Trail, Morgan Road, Belrose	Moderate/Hard	All year	10.2km circuit
Five Mile Creek Loop	Forest Way, 0.9km from Mona Vale Rd	Moderate	All year	11km circuit
Middle Harbour Creek circuit	Hunter Ave, St Ives	Easy/Moderate	All year	19km circuit

Guide to Garigal National Park covers all the walking and mountain-biking trails

Sydney North (Northern Beaches) – Red Hill Reserve

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Red Hill Loop	Maybrook Avenue, Cromer Heights	Easy	All year	4km circuit
Red Hill Reserve south	Lady Penrhyn Drive / Red Hill Reserve carpark	Easy/Moderate (off-track)	All year	5.5km return

Sydney North (Northern Beaches) – Dundundra Reserve

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Dundundra Falls Loop	Larool Road / Aumuna Road	Easy	All year	1.8km circuit
Exploring Golf Ball Creek	Aumuna Road, Terrey Hills	Moderate/Hard (off track)	All year	3.1km circuit

Sydney North (Ku-ring-gai) – Twin Creeks Reserve & Moores Creek Reserve

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Twin Creeks Reserve	Rothwell Road, Turramurra	Easy	All year	3.2km circuit
Blackbutt Creek Track	Vale St / St Johns Ave, Gordon	Easy	All year	3.8km circuit
Little Digger Track	Echo Point Park / Armana Place, Roseville	Easy	All year	4.1km circuit

Sydney North (Northern Beaches) – Irrawong Reserve & Allenby Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Allenby Park Loop	Clearview Place, Brookvale	Easy	All year	1.4km circuit
Exploring Mullet Creek	Ingleside Road, Ingleside	Moderate (off-track)	All year	3.8km circuit

Sydney North (Hornsby) – Bidjigal Reserve

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Bidjigal Waterfall Walk	Heidi Place, West Pennant Hills	Easy	All year	8.5km circuit

Sydney North (Hornsby) – Berowra Valley Regional Park / Berowra Valley National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
A short Berowra Circuit	Barnett’s Lookout	Moderate (off-track)	All year	1km circuit
Gundah Ridge Track	Beaumont Road, Mt Ku-ring-gai	Easy	All year	2.4km return
Refuge Rock & Natural Arch	Trevors Lane, Cherrybrook	Easy	All year	2.7km circuit
Blue Gum Walk	Rosemead Road Picnic Area, Hornsby	Easy	All year	4.2km circuit
Callicoma Walk	Shepherds Drive, Cherrybrook	Easy	All year	5.1km circuit
Sams Creek Loop	Ti Tree Crescent, Berowra	Easy/Moderate	All year	7.1km circuit
Berowra Heights Circuit	Alston Drive, Berowra Heights	Moderate	All year	8.1km circuit
Pogson Trig Loop	Quarter Sessions Road, Westleigh	Moderate	All year	11km circuit
Cowan to Berowra	Cowan or Berowra station	Moderate	All year	14km one-way
Thornleigh to Berowra (Great North Walk)	Bellamy St, Pennant Hills	Moderate/Hard	All year	26-29km one-way

Sydney North (Hornsby) – Muogamarra Nature Reserve (and surrounds)

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Wedgewood Fire Trail	Pacific Highway, Cowan	All year	All year	1.4km return
Lloyd Trig	Old Pacific Hway, Cowan	Easy	Aug/Sep	2.8km return
Muogamarra Bird Gully	Old Pacific Hway, Cowan	Easy	Aug/Sep	3.2km circuit
Peats Bight and Deerubbin Lookover	Old Pacific Hway Cowan	Easy/Moderate	Aug/Sep	26-29km one-way

Sydney North (Hornsby) – Marramarra National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Fretus Hotel on Calabash Point	McCallums Road, Berrillee	Easy	All year	7.6km return
Peebles Trail	Peebles Road, Fiddletown	Easy	All year	8.8km circuit
The Duckpond on Marramarra Creek	Old Northern Road, Canoelands	Moderate	All year	9.9km return
Smugglers Ridge to Marramarra Ridge	Bloodwood Road, Fiddletown	Easy/Moderate	All year	13.2km circuit
Coba Ridge to Collingridge Point	Bloodwood Road, Fiddletown	Easy/Moderate	All year	16.2km return
Coba Point	Bloodwood Road, Fiddletown	Easy	All year	19.5km return
Canoelands Ridge to Gentlemans Halt	Canoelands Road, Canoelands	Moderate	All year	24.3km return

Central Coast – Bouddi National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Iron Ladder Beach	Hawke Head Drive, Killcare.	Moderate	All year. Low tide	3.7km circuit
Maitland Bay via Mount Bouddi Track	Mount Bouddi picnic area	Easy	All year	4km return
Bullimah Spur Circuit	Maitland Bay Info Centre	Easy	All year	4.6km circuit
Bombi Moor Circuit	Grahame Drive	Easy	All year	6.5km circuit
Daleys Ridge Circuit	Wards Hill Carpark	Moderate	All year	6.8km circuit
Five Lands Walk	Avoca Beach / MacMasters SLSC	Easy	All year	7km one-way
Little Beach	MacMasters Beach SLSC	Easy	All year	7.1km circuit
Box Head Loop	Hawke Head Drive	Moderate	All year	7.2km circuit
Bouddi Coastal Walk	Little Beach or Putty Beach	Easy	All year	14km return

Central Coast – Brisbane Water National Park (and Darkinjung Land)

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Elephant Rock	Patonga Drive, Patonga	Easy	All year	0.5km return
Somersby Falls Walking Track	Somersby Falls Road, Somersby	Easy	9am-5pm	0.6km circuit
Girrakool Loop	Girrakool Picnic Area, Kariong	Easy	All year	1.4km circuit
Green Point Creek	Amethyst Ave, Pearl Beach	Easy	All year	2km return
Warrah Lookout	Warrah Trig Road, Patonga	Easy	All year	3.4km return
Gosford Glyphs and Lyre Trig	Bambara Road, Kariong	Easy/Moderate	All year	3.8km circuit
Milyerra Road Trail	Milyerra Road, Kariong	Moderate (off-track)	All year	4km return
Central Coast Mega Cave	Myoora Road, Somersby
Narara Dam Loop	Reeves St, Somersby	Easy/Moderate	All year	4.4km circuit
Exploring Corrumbine Creek	Central Coast Highway, Point Clare	Moderate (off-track)	All year	5.5km circuit
Piles Creek circuit	Girakool Picnic Area, Kariong	Easy	All year	5.7km circuit
Mount White loop	Glenworth Valley Road, Mount White	Moderate (off-track)	All year	6.5km circuit
Little Wobby Loop	Brooklyn Fery Service Wharf, Brooklyn	Easy/Moderate	All year	9.2km circuit
Woy Woy Waterfall & Mount Wondabyne	Woy Woy Road, Woy Woy Bay	Easy/Moderate	All year	9.5km circuit
Mullet Creek Tunnel	Woy Woy Road, Woy Woy Bay	Easy/Moderate	All year	9.9km circuit
Giant Woy Woy Snake	Woy Woy Road, Woy Woy Bay	Easy	All year	12.3km return
Spion Kop	Woy Woy station / Point Clare station	Moderate	All year	14.7km one-way
Rocky Ponds Trail to The Icicles	Woy Woy Road, Woy Woy Bay	Moderate	All year	16.6km return
Pindar Cave and Mt Wondabyne	Wondabyne Station (train access only)	Moderate	All year	26.8km one-way

Central Coast – Kincumba Mountain Reserve

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Kanning Walk	Island View Drive, Kincumber	Easy	All year	1.1km circuit
Warriwarri Lookout	Island View Drive, Green Point	Easy	All year	1.2km return
Yanina Trail	Island View Drive, Green Point	Easy	All year	4.5km circuit

Central Coast – McPherson State Forest

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Slip Up Trail	Kyola Road, Kulnura	Moderate/Hard	All year	8.9km return
Airfield Trail	Kyola Road, Kulnura	Moderate	All year	10.2km return
McPherson State Forest loop	Kyola Road, Kulnura	Moderate	All year	13.5km circuit
Crane Ridge Trail	Murraba Road, Kulnura	Moderate	All year	14.5km circuit

Central Coast – Strickland State Forest

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Arboretum Track	Stoney Creek Carpark	Easy	All year	3.5km circuit
Strickland Forest Loop	Banksia Picnia Area	Easy	All year	6.5km circuit

Newcastle & Hunter Valley – Glenrock State Conservation Area

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Leggy Point Loop walk	Scout Camp Road	Easy/Moderate	All year	2.4km circuit
Yuelarbah walking track	Burwood Road, Whitebridge	Easy	All year	6km circuit
Fernleigh Track	Belmont / Adamstown	Easy (cycling & hiking track)	All year	31km one-way

Newcastle & Hunter Valley – Dharug National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Devines Hill and Finchs Line	Old Great North Road / Finchs Line	Easy	All year	10.4km circuit

Newcastle & Hunter Valley – Popran National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Ironbark Creek Falls	Ironbark Road	Easy	All year	1.4km return
Emerald Pool Loop	Ironbark Road	Easy	All year	11.5km circuit

Newcastle & Hunter Valley – Yengo National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mount Manning	Great North Road	Hard (off-track)	All year	5km return
Jacks Track	Upper Macdonald Road, St Albans	Easy	All year	15.5km return

Sydney West – Blue Mountains National Park (and Reserves)

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Stonehaven Pass	Wentworth Falls Picnic Area	Easy	All year	1.1km circuit
Furber Steps	Scenic World, Katoomba	Moderate	All year	1.2km return
Orphan Rock	Scenic World, Katoomba	Moderate	All year	1.8km return
Walls Cave	Walls Cave Road, Blackheath	Easy	All year	1.8km return
Walls Ledge Loop	Centennial Glen Road, Blackheath	Easy	All year	1.8km circuit
Coxs Cave Circuit	Mount Piddington Road, Mt Victoria	Easy/Moderate	All year	1.8km circuit
Leura Cascades & Fern Bower	Leura Cascades Picnic Area	Easy	All year	2km one-way / 3km loop
Dargans Arch	Sandham Road, Dargan	Easy/Moderate	All year	3km return
Dargans Creek Canyon	Clarence Dam carpark, Clarence	Moderate	Summer	3km circuit
Bulcamatta Falls Track	Burralow Creek campground	Easy	All year	3km return
Amphitheatre Track & Federal Pass	Cliff Drive, Leura	Easy	All year	3.9km circuit
South Lawson Waterfall Circuit	Honour Avenue, Lawson	Easy/Moderate	All year	4km circuit
Transit of Venus Walk	Woodbury St, Hazelbrook	Easy	All year	4km return
Overcliff-Undercliff Track	Conservation Hut / Wentworth Falls Picnic Area	Easy	All year	4km circuit
Fortress Rock & Dr Darks Cave	Mount Hay Road, Leura	Moderate	All year	4.3km return
Burgess Falls Track	Oaklands Road, Hazelwood	Easy	All year	4.5km return
Dalpura Canyon	Bells Line of Road, Bell	Easy	Summer	4.5km circuit
Megalong Trig	Pulpit Hill Road, Katoomba	Easy	All year	4.8km return
Terrace Falls Reserve	Terrace Falls Road, Hazelbrook	Easy/Moderate	All year	5km circuit
Lake Woodford Loop	Winbourne Road, Woodford	Easy	All year	5.8km circuit
Ferris Cave Circuit	Mount Piddington Road, Mt Victoria	Easy/Moderate	All year	5.8km circuit
Hydro Majestic walking tracks	Station St, Medlow Bath	Easy/Moderate	All year	6.8km circuit
Bald Head via Hat Head	Hat Hill Road, Blackheath	Easy	All year	6.8km return
Lions Head Trail	Kings Tableland Road, Wentworth Falls	Easy/Moderate	All year	6.9km return
Porters Pass & Colliers Causeway	Centennial Glen Road, Blackheath	Moderate	All year	6.9km circuit
Cliff Top Track & Pulpit Rock Track	Evans Lookout / Pulpit Rock Road, Blackheath	Easy/Moderate	All year	7km one-way
Blacks Ladder to Esgate Pass	Pulpit Hill Road, Katoomba	Hard	All year	7.5km circuit
Gladstone Pass to Roberts Pass	Fairmont Resort, Leura	Moderate	All year	7.5km circuit
Empire Pass loop	North Lawson Park, Lawson	Easy	All year	8km circuit
Meeks Gully	Meeks Crescent / Shirlow Ave, Faulconbridge	Moderate	All year	8.2km circuit
Redledge to Rock Pile Pass	Narrow Neck, Katoomba	Moderate	All year	8.8km circuit
Wollangambe Canyon (Upper)	Mt Wilson Fire Station	Moderate	Summer	9km circuit
Grand Canyon to Pulpit Rock	Neates Glen, Blackheath	Easy/Moderate	All year	9.3km one-way
Wollangambe Four	Boronia Point Trail, Mount Wilson	Moderate/Hard	Summer	9.4km circuit
Glenbrook to Lapstone via Glenbrook Creek	Station St, Glenbrook / Lapstone station	Moderate	All year	9.8km one-way
Wollangambe Three	Cathedral Reserve Camping Ground / Boronia Point Trail, Mount Wilson	Moderate/Hard	Summer	9.9km circuit
Hat Hill Canyon	Godson Avenue, Blackheath	Moderate/Hard	Summer	10km circuit
Rodriguez Pass from Pilchers Point	Point Pilcher Road, Medlow Bath	Moderate	All year	10.2km return
Lost World Lookout	Farm Road, Springwood	Moderate	All year	10.3km return
Diamond Falls and Redledge Pass	Narrow Neck, Katoomba	Easy/Moderate	All year	11.5km return
Odin Head via Odin Gully	Victoria Falls Road, Victoria Falls	Moderate/Hard	All year	11.5km circuit
Erskine Creek Loop (Pisgah Rock to Jack Evans Track)	Pisgah Rock / Jack Evans Track, Glenbrook	Moderate/Hard	All year	11.6km circuit
Govetts Creek to Hilary Falls	Evans Lookout, Blackheath	Easy/Moderate	Summer best	12km return
Linden Ridge	Glossop Road, Linden	Easy	All year	12km return
Numantia Falls	Sir Henrys Parade, Faulconbridge	Moderate	All year	12.5km circuit
Rileys Mountain Track	Fairlight Road, Mulgoa	Easy	All year	12.6km return
Asgard Head & Valhalla Head	Victoria Falls Road, Vic Falls	Moderate	All year	12.6km circuit
Glenbrook Creek (Warrimoo to Glenbrook)	Florabella St, Warrimoo	Moderate	Summer	12.8km one-way
Mount Banks loop	Mount Banks Road	Easy	All year	12.8km circuit
Lockley Pylon to Blue Gum Forest	Mt Hay Road, Wentworth Falls	Moderate	All year	13km return
Hippocrene & Vera Falls	Falls Road, Wentworth Falls	Moderate	All year	13.3km circuit
Lapstone Zig Zag loop	Park St, Glenbrook	Easy	All year	13.5km circuit
Wollangambe Canyon (Lower)	Mt Wilson	Moderate	Summer	13.8km circuit
Ruined Castle	Scenic World, Katoomba	Moderate	All year	14km return
Fitzgeralds Creek	Rickard Road, Warrimoo	Hard (Off track)	All year	14.7km loop
Asgard Head to Ikara Head	Victoria Falls Road, Vic Falls	Moderate	All year	15km circuit
Nellies Glen to Devils Hole	Stuarts Road, Katoomba	Moderate	All year	16km circuit
Glenbrook Creek & Kanuka Brook	Jellybean Pool carpark, Glenbrook	Moderate	All year	16.4km circuit
Faulconbridge Ridge	Grose Road, Faulconbridge	Moderate	All year	17.2km return
Grose Head Lookout	White Cross Road, Winmalee	Easy/Moderate	All year	18.9km circuit
Lindeman Pass & Copeland Pass	Cliff Drive, Leura	Moderate/Hard	All year	19.8km circuit
Victoria Falls to Evans Lookout	Vic Falls Road / Evans Lookout Road	Easy/Moderate	All year	21.5km one-way
Blue Labyrinth (Faulconbridge to Glenbrook)	Faulconbridge / Glenbrook	Moderate	All year	24km approx
Katoomba to Wentworth Falls	Wilson Park (Wentworth Falls) & Echo Point (Katoomba)	Moderate/Hard	All year	32km approx
Six Foot Track	Explorers Tree, Nellies Glen Rd	Moderate	All year	45km one-way (2-3 days)

Sydney West – Blue Mountains National Park – Megalong Valley

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Breakfast Creek Loop	Dunphys Campground	Hard	All year	12.5km circuit
Carlon Head & Tarros Ladder	Dunphys Campground	Moderate/Hard	All year	17.4km circuit

Sydney West – Parr State Conservation Area

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Terraborra North Ridge	Putty Road, Colo Heights	Moderate/Hard (off-track)	All year	23km return

Sydney West – Wollemi National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Dog Rock Loop	D’Arcy Range Trail	Easy/Moderate	All year	1.9km circuit
Wolgan View Canyon	Glow Worm Tunnel Road	Easy	All year	3.2km return
River Caves Canyon	Natural Bridge carpark	Easy/Moderate	Summer	3.8km circuit
Dalpura Canyon	Jinki Ridge firetrail	Easy	Summer	4.5km circuit
North of Little Tootie	Bowen Hills Trail	Moderate	All year	5km circuit
D’Arcy Range	D’Arcy Range Trail	Easy/Moderate	All year	5.8km return
Deep Pass Canyon	End of Deep Pass Trail	Moderate	Summer best	6km loop
Revelations Ridge	Bowen Hill Trail	Moderate	All year	6.8km loop
Long Ridge Trail Gullies	Long Ridge Trail (private)	Moderate	All year	9.2km loop
Glow Worm Tunnel from Newnes	Wolgan Road (near Newnes)	Moderate	All year	9km return
Wilkinson Hill Loop	Bells Line of Road	Easy/Moderate	All year	9.5km one-way
Tiger Snake Canyon	Old Coach Road	Hard (Technical)	Summer	9.5km return
Tootie Creek Loop	End of T3 Trail	Moderate/Hard	All year	10.1km circuit
Tesselate Hill & Beyond	Mount Irvine Road	Easy/Moderate	All year	11.6km return
Goochs Crater from Dargan	Chifley Road	Moderate	All year	13km return
Rock Island	Old Coach Road	Moderate/Hard	All year	14km circuit
Colo River via Boorai Creek	Culoul Range Trail	Hard	All year	15km circuit (2 days)
Sheep Trig	Putty Valley Road (private)	Moderate	All year	30km return

Sydney West – Gardens of Stone

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Lost City Trail	Lost City South carpark	Easy	All year	5.9km return
Ethereal Canyon	Eastern Boundary Road	Moderate	Summer best	7km circuit
Witches Watch to Tara Point	Bicentennial National Trail	Easy	All year	7.2km circuit
Carne Creek Loop	Firetrail No 2 / Firetrail No 3	Moderate	All year	8km one-way

Sydney West – Mugii Murum-ban State Conservation Area

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Valley of the Dinosaurs	Genowlan Mountain Trail	Moderate	All year	9km return

Sydney West – Kanangra Boyd National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Kanangra to Kowmung River	Kanangra Walls carpark	Hard	All year	26km approx

Sydney South – Kamay Botany Bay National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Cape Baily Loop	Cape Solander carpark (Botany Bay)	Easy	All year	11km circuit

Sydney South – Dharawal National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Maddens Falls Walk	Darkes Forest Road	Easy	All year	2.2km return
Jingga Pool and Minerva Pool	Victoria Road, Wedderburn	Easy	All year	6.5km return

Sydney South – Royal National Park (and Illawarra Region)

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Costens Point	Maianbar Road	Easy	All year	4km return
Figure 8 Pool	Garrawarra Farm	Easy	All year. Low tide.	6.5km return
Curra Moors Loop	Curra Moors trailhead	Easy/Moderate	All year	10.2km circuit
Waterfall to Engadine	Waterfall or Engadine stations	Easy/Moderate	All year	15.6km one-way
Illawarra Escarpment Track	Stanwell Park railway station	Easy/Moderate	All year	17km one-way
Royal National Park Coast Track	Otford station / Bundeena Wharf	Moderate	All year	26-32km one-way

Illawarra – Macquarie Pass NP

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Clover Hill Trail	Illawarra Highway, Macquarie Pass	Moderate	All year	8.1km return

Southern Tablelands – Nattai National Park, Thirlmere Lakes NP & Mount Alexandra Reserve

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Aqua Pool	Boundary Road, Buxton	Easy	All year	2.4km return
Dobsons Cave	Buxton Ave, Buxton	Easy	All year	3.2km return
Thirlmere Lakes Walking Track	Slades Road, Thirlmere	Easy	All year	6.2km circuit
Little River Loop	Buxton Ave / Boundary Road, Buxton	Easy/Moderate	Summer best	12km circuit
Box Vale Walking Track	Mount Alexandra Lookout Rd, Mittagong	Easy/Moderate	All year	22km circuit
Russells Needle & Starlight Track	Wattle Ridge Rd, Wattle Ridge	Hard	All year	30km circuit

Southern Tablelands – Bungonia Gorge National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Bungonia Gorge circuit	David Reid carpark	Hard	All year	10km circuit

Southern Tablelands – Budderoo National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Carrington Falls Walking Track	Thomas Place Road	Easy	All year	1.2km circuit
Lyrebird Loop and Minnamurra Falls	Minnamurra Rainforest Centre	Easy	All year	3.8km circuit

Southern Tablelands – Morton National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Pigeon House Mountain (Didthul)	Pigeon House Road	Easy/Moderate	All year	7.5km return
Fitzroy Falls East to West Rim	Yarrunga Lookout Access Trail	Easy	All year	8.1km one-way
The Castle	Long Gully	Very Hard	All year	12.6km return
Russells Needle & Starlight Track	Wattle Ridge Rd	Hard	All year	30km circuit

South Coast – Biamanga National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mumbulla Falls	Near Bega, South Coast	Easy	All year	800m return

South Coast – Booderee National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Murrays Beach and Governors Head	Murrays Beach carpark	Easy	All year	3km return
Steamers Beach	Steamers Road	Easy	All year.	6.3km return

South Coast – Gulaga National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Little Dromedary / Najanuga (186m)	Central Tilba (south coast)	Moderate/Hard	All year /w permission	5km return
Mount Dromedary (806m)	Central Tilba (south coast)	Easy-moderate	All year	14.5km return

South Coast – Barren Grounds Nature Reserve

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Drawing Room Rocks	Brogers Creek Road, near Berry	Easy	Best at sunset / sunrise	2.8km circuit

South Coast – Murramarang National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Pebbly Beach Loop	Pebbly Beach carpark	Moderate (off-track)	All year	2.8km circuit
Murramarang Aboriginal Area Walking Track	Murramarang Road, Bawley Point	Easy	All year	4.1km circuit
Emily Miller, Dark and Myrtle Beaches Loop	Emily Miller Beach carpark / Dark Beach carpark	Easy/Moderate	All year	6.8km circuit
Pretty Beach to Pebbly Beach Loop	Pretty Beach / Pebbly Beach	Easy / Moderate	All year	13.5km circuit

Northern NSW – Barrington Tops National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Rocky Crossing	Williams River Picnic Area	Easy	All year	17km return
Careys Peak	Lagoon Pinch Picnic Area	Moderate	All year	21km return

Northern NSW – Dorrigo National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Wonga Walk	Dorrigo Rainforest Centre	Easy	All year	7.1km circuit
Rosewood Creek Track to Red Cedar Falls	Never Never Picnic Area	Moderate	All year	9.5km circuit

Northern NSW – Cascade National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mobong Walking Track	Moses Rock Road	Easy/Moderate	All year	6km circuit

Northern NSW – Oxley Wild Rivers National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Wollomombi Falls	Wollomombi Falls Rd, Hillgrove	Easy	All year	4.2km return

Northern NSW – Wollumbin National Park (Tweed Ranges)

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mount Warning / Wollumbin (1,156m)	End of Mount Warning Rd	Moderate	All year	8.8km return

Northern NSW – Lord Howe Island & Lord Howe Island Marine Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mount Gower (875m)	Lagoon Road, Lord Howe Island	Moderate	All year. Book local guide	11km return

Trip report: A week exploring Lord Howe Island

Snowy Mountains – Kosciusko NP & Jagungal Wilderness

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Dead Horse Gap & Thredbo River	Crackenback Drive / Cascade Trackhead	Easy/Moderate	Nov-Apr	9.2km circuit
Rams Head Range Loop	Snowy Mts	Moderate (off-track)	Nov-Apr best	12.2km circuit
Mount Kosciuszko Sunset	Eagles Nest / Thredbo village	Easy / Moderate	Nov-Apr best	15.8km return
Mt Jagungal (2,061m)	Tooma Road	Moderate	Nov-Apr best	38km circuit (2 days)
Top Ten Peaks	Charlotte Pass	Moderate	Nov-Apr best	52km circuit (3 days)

Western NSW – Warrumbungle National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Fans Horizon	Pincham Road	Easy	All year	3.5km return
Belougery Split Rock	John Renshaw Parkway	Moderate	All year	4.5km circuit
The Breadknife and Grand High Tops walk	Pincham Road	Moderate	All year	16.2km circuit

Australia – NT

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Uluru Climb	Uluru carpark	Moderate	CLOSED	3.1km return
Valley of the Winds	Valley of the Winds carpark	Moderate	All year	7.4km loop
Uluru Base Walk	Uluru Mala carpark	Easy	All year	11km loop

A Guide to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park includes the best lookouts and walking tracks

Litchfield National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Tabletop Track	Approx 100km from Darwin	Hard	May-Sep (Dry season)	45km circuit

Australia – SA

Adelaide – Morialta Conservation Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Yurrebilla Trail	Morialta Barns	Moderate	All year	10.7km circuit

Southern Flinders Ranges (Wilpena Pound)

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Sacred Canyon	Commercial tours only	Easy	All year	800m return
Arkaroo Rock	Arkaroo Rock Road	Easy	All year	3.2km loop
Mount Ohlssen Bagge	Wilpena Pound Visitor Centre	Easy/Moderate	Mar-Nov	7.1km return
Wangara Lookout	Wilpena Pound Visitor Centre	Easy	Mar-Nov	8km return
Rawnsley Bluff	Rawnsley Bluff Car Park	Easy/Moderate	Mar-Nov	10.8km return
St Mary Peak loop	Wilpena Pound Visitor Centre	Moderate	Mar-Nov	22km circuit

Northern Flinders Ranges (Arkaroola)

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Griselda Hill	Arkaroola Road, Arkaroola	Easy/Moderate	All year	1.6km return
Acacia Ridge	Arkaroola Road, Arkaroola	Easy	Mar-Nov	5.7km one-way
Oppaminda Nudlamutana	Arkaroola Road, Arkaroola	Easy/Moderate	Mar-Nov	15.2km one-way

Australia – VIC

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mount Pilot (545m)	Mt Pilot carpark	Easy	All year	600m return
Werribee Gorge Circuit	Meikles Point Picnic Area / Myers Road, Ingliston	Easy/Moderate	All year	8.3km circuit
Wilsons Promontory Southern Circuit	Tidal River, Wilsons Prom	Moderate/Hard	All year	60km (shorter options)

Australia – Queensland

SE Queensland – Brisbane

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mt Coot-tha Reserve Loop	Sir Samuel Griffith Drive	Moderate	All year	8.1km circuit

SE Queensland – D’Aguilar National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Western Window Loop	Maiala Carpark on Mount Glorious Road	Easy	All year	2.2km circuit
Greenes Falls Loop	Maiala Carpark on Mount Glorious Road	Easy	All year	4.5km circuit
Morelia Walking Track on Mount Nebo	Carpark on Mount Nebo Road	Easy	All year	5.8km return

SE Queensland – Lamington National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Moonlight Crag Loop	O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat	Easy/Moderate	All year	13km circuit
West Canungra Creek Circuit	O’Reillys Rainforest Retreat, Green Mountains	Moderate	All year	18.3km circuit
Coomera Circuit	Binna Burra Rd, Binna Burra	Moderate	All year	27km return
Lamington NP Long Loop	O’Reillys Rainforest Retreat, Green Mountains	Easy/Moderate	All year	44km circuit

SE Queensland – Springbook National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Purling Brook Falls Circuit	Gwongorella Picnic Ground	Easy	All year	7km circuit
Mount Cougal	Garden of Eden Road, Dungal	Easy/Moderate	All year	7.2km return
Historic Cream Track	Tallebudgera Creek Road	Easy/Moderate	All year	11km return
Warrie Circuit	Tallanbana Picnic Area	Easy/Moderate	All year	16km circuit

SE Queensland – Mount Barney National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mount Barney (1,351m)	Yellow Pinch	Hard	All year. Winter best	Approx 22km return

Mackay & Whitsundays

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Chance Bay	Whitsunday Islands	Easy	All year	5.1km return
Coral Cove	Hamilton Island Resort	Easy	All year	5.1km return
Passage Peak & Escape Beach	Hamilton Island Resort	Easy/Moderate	All year	14km circuit

Central Queensland

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Capricorn Caves tour	30 Olsens Caves Road, The Caves	Moderate/Hard	All year	1.2km circuit
Pebble Beach & Double Head	Shoreline Close, Rosslyn	Easy	All year	1.5km circuit
Bluff Point circuit	Kemp Beach Picnic Area, Rosslyn	Easy	All year	2.3km circuit
Mount Etna Caves Walk	Rossmoya Road, The Caves	Easy	All year	2.4km return
Mount Wyndham Loop	Fishermans Beach, Great Keppel	Moderate	All year	8km circuit

Central Queensland – Blackdown Tableland NP

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Goon Goon Dina	Munall Camping Area	Easy	All year	2.5km circuit
Gudda Gumoo hike	Tableland Road	Easy	All year	5.2km return

Central Queensland – Carnarvon NP

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Clematis Ridge Lookout	Carnarvon Gorge Road	Easy/Moderate	All year	1.2km return
Mickey Creek Gorge	Carnarvon Gorge Road	Easy	Mar-Oct	4.4km return
Maranoa River circuit	Sandstone day-use	Easy	All year	5.7km circuit
Boolimba Bluff	Carnarvon Gorge Road	Easy/Moderate	All year	7.6km return
Carnarvon Gorge	Carnarvon Gorge Road	Moderate	Mar-Oct	32km return

Tropical North Queensland

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Thorsborne Trail (Hinchinbrook Island)	Ramsay Bay (Cardwell) / George Point (Lucinda)	Moderate	Mar-Oct	32km one-way

Far North Queensland

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
The Archways at Mungana Caves	The Archways Carpark	Easy	Feb-Nov	0.3km circuit
Davies Creek Falls Circuit	Davies Creek Road	Easy	Feb-Nov	1.1km circuit
Mossman Gorge Rainforest Circuit	Mossman Gorge Centre	Easy	Feb-Nov	3km circuit
Balancing Rock at Chillagoe Caves	Donna Cave Carpark	Easy/Moderate	Feb-Nov	3.2km circuit
Walshs Pyramid	Moss Access Road	Moderate	All year	6.1km circuit
Big Mowbray Falls	Black Mountain Road, Mowbray	Moderate	All year	8.2km return
Nandroya Falls Loop	Henrietta Creek camping area	Easy	All year	8.2km circuit
Mount Bartle Frere	Josephine Falls carpark	Hard	Mar-Nov best	14km return

Australia – Tasmania

East Coast (inc Tasman Peninsula)

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mount Amos (454m)	Freycinet carpark	Moderate	All year (when dry)	4km return
Fossil Cliffs & Reservoir Circuit	Maria Island	Easy	All year	7.8km circuit
Bishop & Clerk (620m)	Maria Island	Moderate	All year	13.8km return
Mount Maria (710m)	Maria Island	Moderate	All year	16km return
Freycinet Peninsula	Coles Bay	Moderate	All year	41km circuit (2-3 days)
Three Capes	Fortescue Bay, Tasman Peninsula	Hard	All year	41km circuit
Darlington to Frenchs Farm and Haunted Bay	Maria Island	Easy	All year	61km circuit (3 days)

Trip report: Wombats & Devils on Maria Island

Launceston Region & Great Western Tiers

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Liffey Falls	Liffey Falls upper carpark	Easy	All year	2.4km return
Meander Falls	Meander	Moderate	All year	12km circuit
Mount Roland	O’Neills Rd, Gowrie Park	Moderate	All year	17.5km return

Central Highlands

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Kitchen’s Hut	Cradle Mountain	Moderate	All year	11.5km return
Narcissus Hut to Cynthia Bay	Lake St Clair Lodge (Cynthia Bay)	Moderate	All year	19km one-way
Dixons Hut, Walls of Jerusalem	Walls of Jerusalem NP	Moderate	Sep/Oct – April	22km return
Mt Rufus (1,416m) and Little Rufus circuit	Lake St Clair Lodge (Cynthia Bay)	Moderate	Sep/Oct – April best	25.5km circuit
Barn Bluff (1,559m)	Cradle Mountain	Moderate	Sep/Oct – April	24-28km circuit

Flinders Island

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Castle Rock	Allports Beach	Easy	All year (low tide best)	4km one-way
Egg Beach	West End	Easy	All year (low tide best)	5km return
Mt Strzelecki (756m)	Trousers Pt Road	Moderate	All year (morning best)	6.6km return
Mt Killiecrankie circuit (316m)	Killiecrankie	Hard	All year	18km circuit

Trip report: Flinders Island

Australia – Western Australia

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Monadnocks & Mt Cooke (Bibbulman Track)	Albany Hwy	Moderate / Hard	All year	40km circuit

Austria

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Schneeberg (2,076m)	Puchberg am Schneeberg	Easy/Moderate	May-Nov	15.4km return

Botswana

Trip report: On Safari in Botswana

Canada

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
High Falls Creek	Squamish River Forest Road (Squamish, BC)	Moderate/Hard	May-Nov	3-8km return
Stawamus Chief, South Peak	Stawamus Chief Provincial Park or Shannon Waterfall carpark	Moderate/Hard	Mar-Oct	6km return
Lake Garibaldi	Rubble Creek car park	Moderate	May-Oct	18.2km return

France

Auvergne Rhône-Alpes

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Grottes du Cerdon	Labalme (French Jura)	Easy	All year	1.2km return
Gorges du Fier	Lovagny, near Annecy	Easy	Mar-Oct	2-7km return
Lac Blanc	Argentière, near Chamonix	Moderate/Hard	May-Oct	12km loop

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Island

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Dragon’s Back (284m)	Shek O Country Park	Easy	All year	10.5km one-way

Lantau Island

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mui Wo to the Big Buddha (Lantau Trail)	Mui Wo Ferry / Ngong Ping	Moderate	All year	15km one-way

New Territories

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Lion Rock (495m)	Sha Tin Pass	Easy/Moderate	All year	4.5km one-way
Lamma Island hike	Yung Shue Wan / Sok Kwu Wan	Moderate	All year	10.6km one-way
Sharp Peak (468m)	Pak Tam Au	Hard	All year	12.1km return

Iceland

Trip report: A circuit around Iceland

Indonesia

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Munduk Waterfall Trek	Jalan Munduk	Easy	All year	3.5km one-way
Mount Batur (1,717m)	Toyabungkah / Pura jati Batur	Easy/Moderate	May-Oct	9.2km return
Gunung Agung (3,031m)	Pura Besakih, Bali	Hard	All year	16.2km return
Gunung Rinjani (3,726m)	Sembalun or Senaru (Lombok)	Very Hard	Mar-Dec	28km return

Ireland

Trip report: Two weeks in the south-west of Ireland

County Clare

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Cliffs of Moher Experience	Cliffs of Moher Experience carpark	Easy	All year	3km return
Cliffs of Moher Trail	Liscannor Walk Parking	Easy	All year	3km circuit

County Galway

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Diamond Hill loop	National Park Info Centre, Letterfrack	Easy	All year	7.2km circuit
Inis Oírr Loop	Ferry from Doolin Pier /Rossaveel	Easy	All year	12.1km circuit

County Kerry

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Derrycunnihy Falls	N71 / Derrycunihy Church	Easy	All year	0.8km return
Geokaun Loop	Geokaun Mountain gate	Easy	All year	1.6km circuit
Dunmore Head	Slea Head Parking	Easy	All year	2.2km circuit
Torc Waterfall Loop	Torc Waterfall carpark	Easy	All year	3.1km circuit
Bray Head Loop	Bray Head Car Park, Valentia Island	Easy/Moderate	All year	5.3km circuit
Carrauntoohil via Devils Ladder	Cronin’s Yard	Moderate	Mar-Oct	14.6km return

County Mayo

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Croagh Patrick Pilgrim Trail	Murrisk carpark on R335	Easy	Mar-Oct	7.1km return

Italy

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Villa Gregoriana and Monte Castillo	Tivoli (near Rome)	Easy	All year	Approx 11km
Mount Faito	Castellammare Di Stabia station (Sorrento)	Easy	All year	3.6km return

Japan

Kantō region

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Kanmangafuchi Abyss	Kanman Park / Nikko Station	Easy	All year	1.8km return
Mount Byobu (948m)	Hakone Checkpoint	Easy	All year	3.6km return
Mount Nantai (2,486m)	Nikko Futarasan Jinja Chugushi Shrine	Hard	5 May to 25 Oct	9km return
Mount Sengen	Sōunzan Station / Bus stop	Easy	All year	9.2km one-way
Mount Fuji (3,776m)	Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station	Moderate/Hard	1 Jul to 14 Sep	16km return
Mount Takao (599m)	Takaosanguchi Station	Easy/Moderate	All year	16.5km return
Takao to Hozukyo	Toganoo bus stop / JR Hozukyō Station	Moderate	All year	18km one-way

Chūbu

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Ohnuma-ike Pond	Route 471, Hirao	Easy	Apr-Nov	9.2km circuit

Kansai region

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mount Inari (233m)	Inari or Fushimi-Inari station	Easy	All year	5.1km circuit

Chugoku region

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mount Misen (535m)	Miyajima ferry terminal	Easy/Moderate	All year	9.5km circuit

Korea

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Manisan Mountain (Ganghwa Island)	Manisan Mountain	Easy	All year	5.6km loop

Malaysia

Around Kuala Lumpur (KL)

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Bukit Tabur East (357m)	Jalan Kolam Air	Moderate	All year	4.2km circuit
Bukit Tabur West (446m)	Jalan Kolam Air	Moderate	All year	4.3km circuit
Pisang Falls	Karak Highway near Batu Caves, Selangor	Easy	All year	5km return
Medang Falls	Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor	Easy	All year	12km return
Bukit Kutu (1,050m)	Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor	Moderate	All year	12km return
Gunung Angsi (825m)	Near Seremban	Moderate	All year	12km open loop

Further Afield

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Gunung Machinchang (701m)	Jalan Telega Tujuh	Moderate	All year. Nov-Mar best	9.3km return
Mt Kinabalu (4,095m)	Timpohon Gate, Kinabalu NP	Hard	All year	2 days / 12km
Mount Trusmadi (2,642m)	Sinua, in Keningau District	Hard	All year	3 days / 24km
Pinnacles (Mulu)	Mulu National Park. Sarawak	Hard	All year	7km caves tour + 21km Pinnacles

Trip report: Chasing Orangutans in Borneo

Morocco

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Jebel Toubkal (4,167m)	Imlil, 2hrs from Marrakech	Hard	All year	28km (2 days)

Namibia

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Camp Kipwe Circuit	Camp Kipwe	Easy	All year	3-4km circuit
Camp Kipwe climb	Camp Kipwe	Moderate	All year	3.7km return
Giraffe Trail	Okonjima Nature Reserve	Easy	All year	5km circuit
Kalahari Dunes Walk	Kalahari Red Dunes	Easy	All year	7.5km circuit
Olive Trail	Naukluft Mountains	Moderate	All year	9.7km circuit

Trip report: Two Weeks Around Namibia

New Caledonia

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Ouen Toro	Promenade Pierre Vernier	Easy	All year	2-4km
Pic Malaoui	Mont Koghi (30min from Noumea)	Moderate	All year	7.1km return

New Zealand

North Island – Tongariro National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Tawhai Falls	State Highway 48	Easy	All year	1km return
Ridge Track	Whakapapa	Easy	Oct-Apr	2.4km return
Ruapehu Crater Lake	Iwikau	Moderate/Hard	Oct-Apr	12km return
Tongariro Northern Circuit	Whakapapa Village	Moderate/Hard	Oct-Apr	59km circuit
Ruapehu Round the Mountain	Whakapapa Village	Hard	Oct-Apr	75km circuit

North Island – Mount Taranaki

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Kapuni Loop Track (Dawson Falls)	Dawson Falls carpark	Easy	All year	1.4km circuit
Wilkies Pools & Dawson Falls Loop	Dawson Falls carpark	Easy	Sep-May	4.1km circuit
Syme Hut on Mt Taranaki	Dawson Falls carpark	Moderate/Hard	Oct-Apr	18.5km circuit

South Island – Dunedin & Otago Peninsula

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Allans Beach	Allans Beach Road	Easy	All year	1km return
Tunnel Beach	Tunnel Beach Road	Easy	All year. Low tide.	2.2km return
Mount Charles	Allans Beach Road	Easy	All year	4km return
Mt Cargill & Organ Pipes	Cowan Road	Easy	All year	4.4km return
Victory Beach	Dick Road	Easy	All year	6km circuit
Sandymount	Sandymount Road	Easy/Moderate	Oct-Jul	7.2km circuit
Silver Peak Circuit	End of Mountain Road	Hard	Oct-Apr	26.4km circuit

South Island – Queenstown

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Alta Lake	Remarkables skifield carpark	Easy	Oct-Apr	4.4km return
Shadow Basin Lookout	Remarkables skifield carpark	Moderate	Oct-Apr	5.8km return
Ben Lomond	Skyline Queenstown / Brecon Street	Moderate	Oct-Apr	11.8km return

South Island – Fiordland

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Routeburn Track	The Divide / Routeburn Shelter	Moderate	Oct-Apr	37.2km one-way

Trip report: Best of Milford Sound

Norway

Sør-Trøndelag

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Trondheim city walk	Trondheim	Easy	All year	7.2km circuit
Trolltunga (1,100m)	Skjeggedal	Moderate	Jun-Oct	23km return

Nordland

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Reinebringen (448m)	Reine	Moderate	Jun-Oct	2km return
Fløya (590m)	Svolvaer	Moderate/Hard	Jun-Oct	4km return
Glomtinden (419m)	Henningsvær	Easy	May-Nov	6km return
Stokkvikskaret	Å (Lofoten Islands)	Moderate	May-Nov	7km return
Justadtinden (738m)	Hagskaret, near Leknes	Easy/Moderate	Jun-Oct	12km return
Trolltunga (1,100m)	Skjeggedal	Moderate	Jun-Oct	23kmreturn

Troms og Finnmark

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Lille Raipas trig point	Stranddalen, Alta	Easy/Moderate	Jun-Nov	5.1km return
Sukkertoppen (456m)	Hamn i Senja	Moderate	Jun-Nov	6.2km return
Storhaugen (1,142m)	Lyngen	Moderate/Hard	Jun-Oct	8.8km return
Sommarsetvatnet	Sjøvegan	Moderate	Jun-Oct	12.5km return
Trolltunga (1,100m)	Skjeggedal	Moderate	Jun-Oct	23km return

Vestland

Trolltunga (1,100m)

Skjeggedal

Moderate

Jun-Oct

23km return

Svalbard

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Plateaufjellet	Svalbard Church	Easy	Jun-Sep	3.1km return
Fossil Hunting	End of Vei 100	Moderate	Jun-Sep	7.8km return
Trollsteinen (850m)	Longyearben	Moderate	Jun-Sep	10km return
Nordenskioldfjellet (1,053m)	Longyearben	Moderate	Jun-Sep	11km return

Trip Reports:
– Senja & the Lofoten Islands
– Svalbard (and also Pyramiden, in Svalbard)

Philippines

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mt Maculot traverse	Cuenca, Batangas	Moderate	All year (Jan-Mar best)	9km circuit

Poland

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Giewont (1,894m) & Kasprowsky Wierch (1,987m)	Kuźnice	Moderate	May-Nov	15km one-way

Samoa

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
O Le Pupu-Pue Coastal W alk	Main South Coast Road	Easy	All year	2km return
Mount Fiamoe	Cross Island Road	Easy/Moderate	All year	3.5km return
Mt Vaea & Robert Louis Stevenson tomb	Cross Island Road	Easy/Moderate	All year	4km return

Singapore

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Changi Boardwalk	Changi Point	Easy	All year	2.2km one-way
Southern Ridges Walk	Harbourfront MRT / Kent Ridge Park	Easy	All year	9km one-way

Switzerland

Valais

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Les Gorges Mystérieuses	Le Plan, Trient	Easy	All year	2.7km return
Sex des Ganges	Salvan, near Martigny	Hard	All year	16km circuit
Mont Buet	Lac Emosson Dam	Moderate	May-Oct	21.9km circuit

Taiwan

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Taroko Gorge	Taroko National Park, East Taiwan	Easy	All year	Varies

United Kingdom

England – East Midlands

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Middle Black Clough Waterfall	Layby on A628	Easy/Moderate	All year	3.2km return

England – South East

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Chilterns Loop	Tring railway station	Easy	All year	15km circuit

England – South West

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Cheddar Gorge Walk	Cheddar Gorge & Caves	Easy	All year	5km circuit

Wales

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Black Mountain	Glyntawe, Brecon Beacons	Moderate	All year	26.6km circuit

USA

Arizona

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Horseshoe Bend	Horseshoe Bend Parking Lot	Easy	All year	2.4km return
Wildcat Trail	Monument Valley Visitor Center	Easy	All year	6.2km circuit
Cherum Peak (2,128m)	Near Kingman	Easy	All year	8.5km return

Arizona – Grand Canyon

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Shoshone Point	Desert View Drive	Easy	All year	3.4km return
Transept Trail & Bright Angel Point	Highway 67	Easy	Apr-Nov	8.2km return
North Kaibab Trail to Ribbon Falls	Highway 67	Moderate/Hard	Aug-Oct	28.2km return
Havasu Falls	Hualapai Hilltop	Moderate	All year (need permit)	47km return (2 days)

California

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mugu Peak	Chumash Trailhead, Malibu	Easy/Moderate	All year	5km circuit
Thorndyke Top	Salmon Creek trailhead	Moderate	All year	5.5km return
Mount Lee & Hollywood sign	Wonder View Trailhead	Easy/Moderate	All year	6.5km circuit
Ice House Canyon to Baldy Notch	Ice House Canyon Road	Moderate	May -Oct	15.5km one-way
San Jacinto Peak	Tramway Mountain Station	Easy/Moderate	May -Oct	18.2km return

California – Death Valley National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Dantes View	Dantes View Road	Easy	Avoid summer	2.5km return
Badlands Loop	Zabriskie Point	Easy	Avoid summer	4.3km circuit
Badwater Basin	Badwater Basin	Easy	Avoid summer	Up to 6.4km return
Telescope Peak (3,368m)	Mahogony Flat Campground	Moderate	All year	22.1km return

Trip report: One Day and Three Hikes in Death Valley

California – Inyo National Forest, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Moro Rock	Crescent Meadows Road	Easy	May-Nov	0.8km return
Big Baldy	Generals Drive	Easy	May-Nov	9.5km return
Mount Whitney (4,420m)	Whitney Portal ( 18.5km from Lone Pine)	Very Hard	May-Nov	34.6km return

California – Joshua Tree

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Arch Rock & Heart Rock	Pinto Basin Road	Easy	Avoid Summer	0.4km return
Cholla Cactus Garden	Pinto Basin Road	Easy	All year	0.4km circuit
Barker Dam trail	Barker Dam Road	Easy	Avoid Summer	1.8km circuit
Ryan Mountain	Park Boulevard	Easy	Avoid Summer	4.8km return

California – Yosemite National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Inspiration Point	Tunnel View carpark	Moderate	Jun-Oct	3.7km return
Chilnualna Falls Trail	End of Chilnualna Falls Road	Easy/Moderate	May-Oct	13.5km return
Four Mile Trail to Glacier Point	Southside Drive	Moderate	May-Oct	15.4km return
Clouds Rest and Sunrise Lakes	Sunrise Lakes trailhead (Tioga Road)	Hard	Jun-Oct	36.9km circuit

Florida

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Everglades Bayshore Loop	Flamingo Campground	Moderate/Hard	May-Sep	2.4km return

Nevada

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Blue Diamond Overlook	Highway 160, near Blue Diamond Road	Easy	Avoid summer	5.5km return

Nevada – Spring Mountains

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Cathedral Rock (1,514m)	Cathedral Rocks Picnic Area	Easy	May-Nov best	5.2km return
Mummy Mountain (3,514m)	Trail Canyon trailhead	Hard	May-Nov best	14.4km return
Mount Charleston (3,632m) via South Loop	Cathedral Rocks Picnic Area	Moderate/Hard	May-Nov best	28km return

Nevada – Red Rock Canyon

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Ice Box Canyon	Scenic Loop Drive	Easy/Moderate	All year	5.5km return
Turtlehead Peak (1,834m)	Red Rock Canyon	Moderate	Avoid summer	8km return

Texas

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Tuff Canyon	Big Bend NP	Easy	All year	1.2km return
Hamilton Pool	Dripping Springs	Easy	All year. Booking Apr-Oct	800m – 2.4km return
Santa Elena Canyon	Big Bend NP	Easy	All year	3.2km return
Enchanted Rock	Central Texas	Easy	All year	7.3km circuit
Lost Mine Trail (2,088m)	Big Bend NP	Easy	All year	7.8km circuit
The Chimneys	Big Bend NP	Easy	All year	8.4km return
The Window	The Basin, Big Bend NP	Easy	All year. Avoid after storms	9km return
Emory Peak via North and South Rim (2,385m)	The Basin, Big Bend NP	Moderate	All year	24.6km circuit

Trip report: The Best of Big Bend (Texas)

Utah

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Pink Ledges Trail	Red Canyon Visitor Center	Easy	All year	1.6km circuit
Enepitsi Trail	Graveyard Wash Road, St George	Easy	All year	6km return
Panorama Trail	Kodachrome State Park Road	Easy	All year	9.3km loop

Utah – Arches National Park (and surrounds)

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
The Windows arches	The Windows Road	Easy	Apr-Nov	2.4km circuit
Corona Arch	Potash Road / Highway 279	Easy/Moderate	Apr-Nov	3.9km return
Delicate Arch	Delicate Arch Road	Easy/Moderate	All year	5.1km return
Devils Garden Trail	Arches National Park Road	Easy	All year	9.9km return

Utah – Bryce Canyon

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mossy Cave Trail	Mossy Cave Trailhead	Easy	All year	1.6km return
Bryce Canyon – multiple trails	Sunrise Point or Sunset Point	Moderate/Hard	All year	26.8km circuit

Utah – Canyonlands

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Horseshoe Canyon hike	Horseshoe Canyon Trailhead	Easy	Sep-May	12.5km return

Utah – Capitol Reef

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Hickman Bridge Trail	Utah State Route 24	Easy	All year	2.7km return
Grand Wash hike	Utah SR-24 / Grand Wash Road	Easy	All year	5.2km return

Utah – Goblin State Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Wild Horse Window	Goblin Valley Road	Easy	Sep-May	3.3km return

Utah – Zion National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Timber Creek Overlook	Kolob Canyons Road	Easy	May-Nov	1.8km return
Canyon Overlook	Zion Park Blvd	Easy	All year	2km return
Angels Landing	Grotto Road shuttle stop	Moderate	All year with permit	7.1km return
The Narrows	End of Zion Canyon Road	Moderate	Jun-Oct	16.1km return
West Rim Trail	West Rim Road	Moderate	Jun-Nov	24km one-way
East Rim Trail to Observation Point	East Rim Trailhead	Hard	May-Nov	33km return

Vanuatu

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mele Cascades	12km from Port Vila	Easy	All year (9am-5pm)	4km return
Efate Jungle Trek	Ulei to Port Vila airport	Hard	All year (9am-5pm)	Approx 19km one-way

Vietnam

South Central Coast

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Bach Ma peak (1,448m)	Bach Ma National Park Road	Easy	All year	1.9km return
Bach Ma Five Lakes Trail	Bach Ma National Park Road	Moderate	All year	6km circuit

Red River Delta

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Biking Van Long Reserve	Van Long Reserve	Easy	All year	15km approx

North West

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Ham Ron (Dragon) Mountain	Sapa Church	Easy	All year (9am-5pm)	2.8km return
Sapa hiking	Sapa	Moderate	All year	8km approx