Mount Remarkable Summit Hike (13.8km), Mount Remarkable National Park, South Australia

Mount Remarkable Summit Hike is a 13.8km, grade 3 hike located in the Mount Remarkable National Park, South Australia. The hike should take around 5 hrs to complete.

Length: 13.8km

Duration: 5 hrs

Grade: 3

Style: Return

Start: 4 Stuart St

End: 4 Stuart St

Location: Mount Remarkable National Park

Closest town: Melrose

South Australia

From state capital: 267km

Longitude: 138.1868609

Latitude: -32.82682993

Hike summary

Hike along some of the Heysen Trail up to the summit of Mount Remarkable. The trail is gently graded as it contours up to the summit.

You can start the trail from the main street of Melrose, walking up to the Monument on the bitumen road past the caravan park. When walking across the scree slopes watch out for the remnants of a small plane that crashed here in 1980.

During 2016 a new second option trail was constructed, which is anticipated to be open in late 2016. The trail begins 1km from the Monument Trailhead, and takes a newly constructed alternate 6.3km route from the new junction to the summit (compared to the existing trail which meanders up to the summit over 5.4km from that new junction). The new trail will allow people to walk to the summit as loop, heading up one trail and returning via the other.

You can begin the hike from:

Reach the Monument Trailhead by:

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: 8757 m
Max elevation: 970 m
Min elevation: 398 m
Total climbing: 139 m
Total descent: -572 m

Download file: Mt-Remarkable-Summit-Hike-updated-2016-with-new-trail.gpx

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

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About the region

Within easy reach of Adelaide, Mount Remarkable National Park is an ideal place to take the family. There’s lots of diverse wildlife and campgrounds with good facilities. The park is a popular destination for bushwalking, with trails for all ages and abilities. There are some incredible views to be had – the 960m high Mount Remarkable Summit presides over the Willochra Plain and looks out to the Spencer Gulf. The Willowie Forest area offers a network of mountain biking and walking trails that meander through foothills of the Mount Remarkable Range.

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Acknowledgement of Country

Trail Hiking Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we hike and pay respects to their Elders, past and present, and we acknowledge the First Nations people of other communities who may be here today.

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Jane Maidment

Adla Mattiske next holidays

03/04/2018, 10:25

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Mpg Gauci one day we must go ?

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