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
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
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 |
- 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 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 |
- 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 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
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
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, Litchfield NP | Approx 100km from Darwin | Hard | May-Sep (Dry season) | Approx 45km circuit |
Australia – SA
Morialta Conservation Park
Hike | Location | Difficulty | When? | Length |
Yurrebilla Trail | Morialta Barns | Moderate | All year | 10.7km circuit |
Australia – VIC
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
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
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
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
Hike | Location | Difficulty | When? | Length |
Schneeberg (2,076m) | Puchberg am Schneeberg | Easy/Moderate | May-Nov |
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 |
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 |
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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) 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
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
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
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
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
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 |