Tanglefoot Loop (10.8km), Toolangi State Forest, Victoria

Tanglefoot Loop is a 10.8km, grade 3 hike located in the Toolangi State Forest, Victoria. The hike should take around 2.5 hrs to complete.

Length: 10.8km

Duration: 2.5 hrs

Grade: 3

Style: Circuit

Start: Tanglefoot Carpark

End: Tanglefoot Carpark

Location: Toolangi State Forest

Closest town: Toolangi

Victoria

From state capital: 77km

Longitude: 145.5213524

Latitude: -37.52769518

Hike summary

The Tanglefoot Loop commences at the Tanglefoot Carpark and traverses the southern section of Tanglefoot Track walk. The trail passes through temperate rainforest which is lush with ferns and and ancient myrtles. Being a rainforest, some of the trail may be muddy with small streams flowing down the trails in the wetter months. At the northern end of the walk you can turn right in order to summit Mount Tanglefoot .

Route and GPX file

Total distance: 10752 m
Max elevation: 945 m
Min elevation: 625 m
Total climbing: 861 m
Total descent: -883 m

Download file: TanglefootLoop.gpx

Trail Features

Timber Boardwalk
Dog Friendly
Lighthouse

Tips

Ensure you take your favourite leech prevention/remedy as there can be many leeches on this trail.

Hike information contributed by Anthony Boxall

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Location

Access Conditions

4WD Access
Small Car Park

Getting there

From Healesville take Myers creek road for 12km then turn right onto Sylvia Creek Road.

Follow Sylvia Creek Road for 4km to carpark (Wirrawilla forest walk) on the right.

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About the region

Toolangi State Forest just north of Healesville, offers an immersive environment in Victoria’s tall forest region. The name Toolangi is an Aboriginal word meaning tall trees. The forest is mainly Eucalypt forest that has regrown from the 1939 Victoria Bushfires. Large sections of the forest were also burnt in the 2009 Victorian Bushfires, although there are some pockets of old-growth forest that have not yet been logged or seriously burnt.

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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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