High Country Rail Trail (59km), Northern Victoria, Victoria

High Country Rail Trail is a 59km, grade 2 hike located in the Northern Victoria, Victoria. The hike should take around 4 days to complete.

Length: 59km

Duration: 4 days

Grade: 2

Style: One Way

Start: Wodonga

End: Old Tallangatta

Location: Northern Victoria

Closest town: Wodonga

Victoria

From state capital: 300km

Longitude: 147.2605363

Latitude: -36.1993384

Hike summary

The area has many National and State Parks to explore. There are good views from lookouts and mountaintops (including the Main Range of the Kosciuszko National Park) and plenty of picnic areas and camping opportunities.

The High Country Rail Trail traverses farmland near the shores of Lake Hume and forest further up at Shelley.
The trail is undulating to Tallangatta with some moderate gradients. The Derbyshire to Shelley section is all uphill at the steepest gradient trains could manage.
Trail surface is of varying quality.
The 600m Sandy Creek bridge was opened in October 2012
The trail will eventually be 112km in length.

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Trail Features

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Wodonga to Old Tallangatta in Northern Victoria

North east Victoria, 300km from Melbourne

Fine gravel

Undulating

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