Length: 3km
Duration: 1hr
Grade: 2
Style: One Way
Start: Kalamunda
End: Kalamunda

Location: Regional Western Australia
Closest Town: Kalamunda
Distance from CBD: 25km
State: WA
Latitude: -31.93925786
Longitude: 116.0511649

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Kalamunda Zig Zag Trail is a 3km, grade 2 one way hike, located in Regional Western Australia. The hike should take approximately 1hr to complete.

Hike Summary

Situated in the Gooseberry Hill National Park, the Zig Zag offers great views over Perth.

It is a popular scenic drive.
You may also like to walk the zig zag. Traffic is generally slow moving, but some care is required since there are no footpaths.
The national park offers a number of walking tracks that offer interesting side trips off the road.
The zig zag is also well used by local cycling groups.
The railway formation that the zig zag was built on continues on through Gooseberry Hill to Kalamunda and beyond.
Much of the former railway has been made into a walking and cycling trail - the Kalamunda Railway Heritage Trail.
Thanks to Steve Yates for assistance with this description.

The trail manager is the Shire of Kalamunda. Please report defects on the trail to Shire of Kalamunda. 1. Shire of Kalamunda http://www.kalamunda.wa.gov.au/
Kalamunda Zig-Zag page http://members.westnet.com.au/locoman/zigzag.html

About the region

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