Cape du Couedic Circuit (1.9km), Flinders Chase National Park, South Australia

Cape du Couedic Circuit is a 1.9km, grade 3 hike located in the Flinders Chase National Park, South Australia. The hike should take around 45 mins to complete.

Length: 1.9km

Duration: 45 mins

Grade: 3

Style: Circuit

Start: Cape Du Couedic Hike

End: Cape Du Couedic Hike

Location: Flinders Chase National Park

Closest town: Flinders Chase

South Australia

From state capital: 281km

Longitude: 136.7048883

Latitude: -36.06338365

Hike summary

After doing the Admirals Arch Walk explore the area around the lighthouse further on this Cape du Couedic Hike loop trail. The trail meanders along away from the crowds, with viewing lookouts over the ocean and on the hilltop. Interpretive signs along the way describe plants and the way of life for lighthouse keepers and their families that tended this remote outpost.

The hike can be commenced from either the upper carpark near the toilets and trails information board (also near the lighthouse) or from the lower carpark, at the start of the Admirals Arch Walk. As at January 2017, the trail is well marked on the western side of the loop, but the arrow markers on the eastern half are old and a little vague at times, but we would expect these signs would be upgraded. The optional hike to the lookout in the north western corner is well recommended.

Extend the hike by doing the Lighthouse Heritage Walk loop.

GPX file courtesy of Walking SA. File may not contain elevation data and may only represent half the length on return hikes.

Route and GPX file

Total distance: 1878 m
Max elevation: 0 m
Min elevation: 0 m
Total climbing: 0 m
Total descent: 0 m

Download file: Cape-du-Couedic-Hike.gpx

For more information on this hiking trail, please visit Walking SA

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Flinders Chase National Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located at the west end of Kangaroo Island about 177 kilometres west-south west of the state capital of Adelaide and 110 kilometres west of the municipal seat of Kingscote.

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