Punchbowl Lookout Walk (2km), Onkaparinga River National Park, South Australia

Punchbowl Lookout Walk is a 2km, grade 2 hike located in the Onkaparinga River National Park, South Australia. The hike should take around 1.25 hrs to complete.

Length: 2km

Duration: 1.25 hrs

Grade: 2

Style: Return

Start: 900 Piggott Range Rd

End: 900 Piggott Range Rd

Location: Onkaparinga River National Park

Closest town: Onkaparinga Hills

South Australia

From state capital: 30.4km

Longitude: 138.5617046

Latitude: -35.15272633

Hike summary

A new trail due to open in the first week of September 2017 as part of the Government of South Australia's $10 million upgrade of the Adelaide's national parks.

The 1km (2km return) trail visits a new lookout above The Punchbowl, where you can see spectacular views into the Onkaparinga Gorge. The trail is a consistent one metre wide and made of compacted gravel, and with gentle contoured gradients, so as such is suitable suitable for people of all abilities, including those with mobility access issues, wheelchairs and prams. There is some seating mid-way along the trail.

The Hike begins from the new carpark constructed in 2017, between gates 8 and 9 on Piggott Range Road. There are toilets at the nearby Sundews Carpark, near Gate 11 on Piggott Range Road.

View an alternative 6km loop trail to reach the Lookout begins from Sundews Carpark.

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: 1225 m
Max elevation: 214 m
Min elevation: 179 m
Total climbing: 9 m
Total descent: -44 m

Download file: Punchbowl-Lookout-Walk-updated.gpx

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

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In Onkaparinga River National Park, diverse hiking trails take you to cliff tops with magnificent views, or down to permanent rock pools teeming with life. You’ll see rugged ridge tops and the narrow river valley of the spectacular Onkaparinga Gorge. This park protects some of the finest remaining pockets of remnant vegetation in the Southern Adelaide region. Wherever you go, you’ll be among native wildlife such as birds, koalas, kangaroos and possums - you may even spot an echidna. Areas of the park were used as farmland for many years, so you can also discover heritage-listed huts and the ruins of houses built in the 1880s.

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