Summary of Hikes by Park

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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 walk use the Find a Trail page.

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Australia – ACT

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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
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

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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
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
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

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

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Terrey Hills Aboriginal Engravings Larool Road Moderate All year Approx 1.5km
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
Frog Hollow Circuit (Wahroonga Reserve) Lister Street, North Wahrlaneoonga 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
St Ives to Mt Ku-ring-gai via Warrimoo Track Warrimoo Road (St Ives) and 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

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 loop
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 loop
Blue Gum Walk Rosemead Road Picnic Area, Hornsby Easy All year 4.2km loop
Sams Creek Loop Ti Tree Crescent, Berowra Easy/Moderate All year 7.1km loop
Berowra Heights Circuit Alston Drive, Berowra Heights Moderate All year 8.1km loop
Pogson Trig Loop Quarter Sessions Road, Westleigh Moderate All year 11km loop
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

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Lloyd Trig Old Pacific Hway 3.5km north of Cowan Easy Open 6 weekends Aug / Sep 2.8km return
Peats Bight and Deerubbin Lookover Old Pacific Hway 3.5km north of Cowan Easy/Moderate Open 6 weekends 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
Smugglers Ridge to Marramarra Ridge Marramarra Ridge trail Easy/Moderate All year 13.2km circuit
Coba Ridge to Collingridge Point Bloodwood Road Easy/Moderate All year 16.2km return

Central Coast – Bouddi National Park

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
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
Somersby Falls Walking Track Somersby Falls Road, Somersby Easy 9am-5pm 0.6km circuit
Girrakool Loop Girrakool Picnic Area Easy All year 1.4km circuit
Warrah Lookout Warrah Trig Road, Patonga Easy All year 3.4km return
Gosford Glyphs and Lyre Trig Bambara Road Trail Easy/Moderate All year 3.8km circuit
Milyerra Road Trail Milyerra Road Moderate (off-track) All year 4km return
Narara Dam Loop Reeves St  Easy/Moderate All year 4.4km circuit
Exploring Corrumbine Creek Central Coast Highway Moderate (off-track) All year 5.5km circuit
Piles Creek circuit Girakool Picnic Area Easy All year 5.7km circuit
Woy Woy Waterfall & Mount Wondabyne Woy Woy Road Easy/Moderate All year 9.5km circuit
Giant Woy Woy Snake Woy Woy Road 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 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

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

Sydney West – Blue Mountains National Park

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Furber Steps Scenic World Moderate All year 1.2km return
Orphan Rock Scenic World Moderate All year 1.8km return
Leura Cascades & Fern Bower Leura Cascades Picnic Area Easy All year 2km one-way / 3km loop
Bulcamatta Falls Track Burralow Creek camping ground Easy All year 3km return
Overcliff-Undercliff Track Conservation Hut / Wentworth Falls Picnic Area Easy All year 4km circuit
Wollangambe Canyon (Upper) Mt Wilson, Blue Mountains Moderate Summer 9km circuit
Grand Canyon to Pulpit Rock Neates Glen car park Easy/Moderate All year 9.3km one-way
Lost World Lookout Farm Road, Springwood Moderate Avoid summer 10.3km return
Glenbrook Creek (Warrimoo to Glenbrook) Florabella St, Warrimoo Moderate Summer 12.8km one-way
Lockleys Pylon to Blue Gum Forest Mt Hay Road, Blue Mountains Moderate All year 13km
return
Ruined Castle Katoomba,
Blue Mountains		 Moderate All year 14km return
Wollangambe Canyon (Lower) Mt Wilson, Blue Mountains Moderate Summer 13.8km circuit
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 (1-3 days)

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
D’Arcy Range with Yuri D’Arcy Range Trail Easy/Moderate All year 5.8km return
Glow Worm Tunnel from Newnes Wolgan Road (near Newnes) Moderate All year 9km return
Goochs Crater from Dargan Chifley Road Moderate All year 13km 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 retusn
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  Moderate All year 8.1km return

Southern Tablelands – Nattai National Park

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Russells Needle & Starlight Track Wattle Ridge Rd 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 mostly
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
(off-track)
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 and Red Cedar Falls Never Never Picnic Area Moferate 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 Walking Track 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)

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

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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

Litchfield National Park

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

Australia – SA

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Morialta Conservation Park

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

Australia – VIC

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Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Mount Pilot (545m) Mt Pilot carpark, Chiltern-Mt Pilot NP Easy All year 600m return
Wilsons Promontory (Southern Circuit) Tidal River, Wilsons Prom Moderate/Hard All year 60km (shorter options)

Australia – Queensland

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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
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 – Mount Barney National Park

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

Mackay & Whitsunday

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Chance Bay Whitsunday Islands Easy All year 5.1km return
Coral Cove Hamilton Island Resort Easy All year 5.4km circuit
Passage Peak & Escape Beach Hamilton Island Resort Easy/Moderate All year 14km circuit

Tropical North Queensland

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Thorsborne Trail (Hinchinbrook Island) Ramsay Bay (from Cardwell) / George Point (from Lucinda) Moderate Mar-Oct 32km on-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 Harrd Mar-Nov best 14km return

Australia – Tasmania

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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,
Flinders Island		  Easy All year (low tide best) 4km
one-way
Egg Beach West End,
Flinders Island		  Easy All year (low tide best) 5km
return
Mt Strzelecki (756m) Trousers Pt Rd, Flinders Island Moderate All year (morning best) 6.6km return
Mt Killiecrankie circuit (316m) Killiecrankie, Flinders Island Hard All year 18km
circuit

Trip report: Flinders Island

Australia – Western Australia

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Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Monadnocks & Mt Cooke loop (Bibbulman Track) Albany Hwy, 9.5km after Jarrahdale Rd Moderate / Hard All year 40km circuit

Austria

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

Botswana

Trip report: On Safari in Botswana

Canada

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Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
High Falls Creek Squamish River Forest Road (Squamish, BC)  Moderate/Hard May-Nov 3-8km
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

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 Auvergne Rhône-Alpes

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Grottes du Cerdon Labalme (French Jura)  Easy All year 1.2km
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

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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 Terminal /  Ngong Ping  Moderate All year 15km
one-way

Hong Kong New Territories

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Sharp Peak (468m) Pak Tam Au  Hard All year 12.1km
return

Iceland

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Trip report: A circuit around Iceland

Indonesia

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
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

Italy

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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

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Kanmangafuchi Abyss Kanman Park / Nikko Station.  Easy All year 1.8km
return
Mount Nantai (2,486m) Nikko Futarasan Jinja Chugushi Shrine  Hard 5 May to 25 Oct 9km
return
Mount Fuji (3,776m) Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station  Moderate/Hard 1 Jul to 14 Sep 16km
return

Korea

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

Malaysia

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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 asl) 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 2 days / 28km

Namibia

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Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Camp Kipwe Circuit Camp Kipwe Easy All year 3-4km
Camp Kipwe climb Camp Kipwe Moderate All year 3.7km
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

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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

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North Island

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Tawhai Falls State Highway 48 Easy All year 1km return
Ridge Track, Tongariro NP 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

South Island

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Allans Beach (Otago Peninsula) Allans Beach Road Easy All year 1km return
Tunnel Beach (Dunedin) Tunnel Beach Road Easy All year. Low tide. 2.2km return
Mount Charles (Otago Peninsula) Allans Beach Road Easy All year 4km return
Alta Lake
(The Remarkables)		 Remarkables skifield carpark Easy Oct-Apr 4.4km return
Mt Cargill & Organ Pipes (Dunedin) End of Cowan Road Easy All year 4.4km return
Shadow Basin Lookout (The Remarkables) Remarkables skifield carpark Moderate Oct-Apr 5.8km return
Victory Beach (Otago Peninsula) End of Dick Road Easy All year 6km circuit
Sandymount (Otago Peninsula) Sandymount Road Easy/Moderate Oct-Jul 7.2km circuit
Ben Lomond (Queenstown) Skyline Queenstown or end of Brecon Street Moderate Oct-Apr 11.8km return
Silver Peak Circuit (Dunedin) End of Mountain Road Hard Oct-Apr 26.4km circuit
Routeburn Track The Divide or Routeburn Shelter Moderate Oct-Apr 37.2km one-way

Trip report: Best of Milford Sound

Norway

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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 23km
return

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

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

Poland

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Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Giewont (1,894m) and Kasprowsky Wierch (1,987m) Kuźnice (2hr from Krakow) Moderate May-Nov 15km one-way

Singapore

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

Switzerland

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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
Climbing 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

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Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Cheddar Gorge Walk Cheddar Gorge and Caves car park Easy All year 5km
circuit
Black Mountain Glyntawe, Brecon Beacons Moderate All year 26.6km
circuit

USA

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Arizona

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Cherum Peak (2,128m) Near Kingman Easy All year 8.5km return
Havasu Falls Hualapai Hilltop Moderate All year (need permit) 47km
return
(2 days)

California – Yosemite National Park

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Inspiration Point Tunnel View carpark Moderate Jun-Oct 3.7km return
Clouds Rest and Sunrise Lakes Sunrise Lakes trailhead (Tioga Road) Hard Jun-Oct 36.9km circuit

California – Inyo National Forest

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Mount Whitney (4,420m) Whitney Portal ( 18.5km from Lone Pine) Very Hard May-Nov 34.6km 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

Nevada

Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Cathedral Rock (1,514m) Cathedral Rocks Picnic Area Easy May-Nov best 5.2km return
Blue Diamond Overlook Highway 160, near Blue Diamond Road Easy Avoid summer 5.5km return
Turtlehead Peak (1,834m) Red Rock Canyon Moderate Avoid summer 8km 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

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
Canyon Overlook Zion NP Easy All year 2km return
West Rim Trail Zion NP Moderate Jun-Nov 24km one-way
Bryce Canyon – multiple trails Sunrise Point or Sunset Point Moderate/Hard All year 26.8km circuit

Vanuatu

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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

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Hike Location Difficulty When? Length
Ham Ron (Dragon) Mountain Behind Sapa Church Easy All year (9am-5pm) 2.8km return
Sapa hiking Sapa Moderate All year 8km approx
Biking Van Long Reserve Van Long Reserve Easy All year 15km approx