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Length: 5km
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Duration: 2-3hrs
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Grade: 4
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Style: Return
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Start: Heysen Trail, Cleland
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End: Heysen Trail, Cleland
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Location: Waterfall Gully
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Closest Town:
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Distance from CBD: 17.6 km
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State: SA
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Latitude: -34.974117000
Longitude: 138.709066000
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Waterfall Gully to Mt Lofty Summit is an 5km, grade 4 return hike located in Waterfall Gully South Australia. The hike should take approximately 2hrs to complete.
Summary
This popular walk is short and sweet. With a cafe at each end, a well made path and regular seating, this walk is popular for a reason.
On almost any morning of the year the trail attracts a range of people: some casually walking, others using it as a training walk, some runners, and others with heavy-simulated packs training for distant hiking locations like Nepal. As the walk involves some steep sections, the time taken to walk the trail can vary significantly.
Tips
On a busy weekend, car parking at Waterfall Gully can be limited.
Starting hiking from Mt Lofty instead of Waterfall Gully can be a good way to use the downhill as a warm up, to super charge your up-hill efforts.
GPX file courtesy of Walking SA. File may not contain elevation data and may only represent half the length on return hikes.
Max elevation: 713 m
Min elevation: 239 m
Total climbing: 30 m
Total descent: -506 m
For more information on this hiking trail, please visit Walking SA
5 thoughts on “Waterfall Gully to Mt Lofty Summit (5km)”
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Sam Villis nice little training walk
Oh that’s perfect
It needs a bit more. After the trail was damaged, rangers had to change it and you walk behind the waterfall, not in front of it. It adds a few extra km and you might need 2 hours to walk one way. Return is a bit faster bit unless you run, I would not place a bet on 2 hours return time.
It is only 8 km return hike, not 15 km
Thanks Richard. I have made the correction to the 15km reference. There are two versions of this hike. One is 8km and the other is a bit shorter. Both can be found here
8km hike: https://www.trailhiking.com.au/waterfall-gully-to-mt-lofty-summit/
5km hike: https://www.trailhiking.com.au/waterfall-gully-to-mt-lofty-summit-2/