Namadgi National Park walking tracks

Alerts

1 December 2023 until further notice
Booroomba Rocks Road, Old Boboyan Road and Orroral Ridge Road have reopened. We recommend 4WD only on these roads. For further advice on road conditions, contact the Namadgi Visitor Centre on 6237 5307 or namadginationalpark@act.gov.au.
1 January 2023 until further notice
The Yankee Hat rock art site and Yankee Hat walking trail from Bogong Creek remain closed to public access until further notice.
23 January 2024 until further notice
There is no access inside Westermans Homestead on the Settlers Walking Track due to repair works. Barriers and signage are in place.

Explore the many and varied walking tracks throughout Namadgi National Park.

Download the Namadgi National Park Guide and Map (5.5 MB).

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Trail grade
Cycling permitted

Heritage and culture - Aboriginal
European heritage

Gibraltar Falls Lookout

Grade 2

Distance: 400m return (15-30 minutes)

Status: CLOSED until further notice

A short walk to Gibraltar Falls lookout. Slippery after rain. Please stay behind barriers.

Find out more about Gibraltar Falls.

Gibraltar Falls

Mt Aggie

Mount Aggies magnificent views towards Kosciuszko National Park.

Mt Aggie

Grade 3

Distance: 3 km return from Mt Franklin Road (45 minutes)

Status: Open

Enjoy an easy walk through Snow Gum woodlands with magnificent views to Kosciuszko National Park. Possible snow in winter and a profusion of wildflowers in summer. This walk is partly within the Bimberi Nature Reserve, managed by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Woodland Walk

Grade 2

Distance: 1 km loop from Namadgi Visitor Centre (30-45 minutes)

Status: Open

A short stroll through endangered Yellow Box Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland with interpretive displays on Namadgi's natural and cultural heritage.

People viewing the information wall at Woodland Walk

Rendezvous Creek

Rendezvous Creek flowing through beautiful mossy boulders and overhanging trees

Rendezvous Creek

Grade 3

Distance: 3.2 km loop from Boboyan Road (1.5 hours)

Status: Open

A short introduction to the park featuring mountain streams, boulders, woodland, forest, open grassy areas and views to the Gudgenby Valley. This walking track provides a starting point for access to the Rendezvous Creek Fire Trail.

Booroomba Rocks

Grade 4

Distance:

2.5 km return from Booroomba Rocks carpark to the top of Booroomba Rocks (1.5 hours)
8 km return from Honeysuckle Campground to Booroomba Rocks carpark via the Australian Alps Walking Track (2.5 hours)
10.5 km return from Honeysuckle Campground to the top of Booroomba Rocks via the Australian Alps Walking Track (4 hours)

Status: Open (We recommend 4WD only on Booroomba Rocks Road)

Walk through tall forests to fantastic views from massive granite cliffs. Some steep sections. A moderate level of bushwalking experience is required due to distance and remoteness. Beware dangerous cliff edge.

Booroomba Rocks aerial view

Mt Franklin Heritage

Mt Franklin Shelter on a snowy day.

Mt Franklin Heritage

Grade 3

Distance: 3 km loop from Mt Franklin Road (1.5 hours)

Status: Open

Enjoy the history of skiing display at the Franklin Shelter, then walk to the summit of Mt Franklin for fantastic views.

Shannahans Mountain

Grade 3

Distance: 3 km loop from Boboyan Road (1.5 hours)

Status: Open

A pleasant walk through Snow Gums to the summit of Shanahans Mountain with views eastward over the Clear Range to the Tinderry Range in NSW.

View from Shannahans Mountain

Yerrabi

Walkers enjoying the view from Boboyan Trig.

Yerrabi

Grade 3

Distance: 4km return from Boboyan Road (2 hours)

Status: Open

A walk with great variety - dry and wet forest, swampy grassland, Black Sallee woodlands, granite formations and wildflowers. From Little Dry Creek climb to the summit of Mt Boboyan and then down on to huge granite tors with magnificent views of the Bimberi Wilderness. See the zone of contact of sedimentary and granite rocks.

Bendora Arboretum

Grade 2

Distance: 5 km return from Mt Franklin Road (2 hours) This includes the marked track through the plots.

Status: Open

Walk through Snow Gums and Mountain Gums to a delightful stand of conifers planted in the 1900's as a research arboretum. There is a short, marked walking track through the plots along with interpretive signs.

Cycling permitted on fire trail section only.

Bushwalker near signage and picnic table at Bendora Arboretum.

Gudgenby Bush Regeneration

Gudgenby Bush Regeneration Area

Gudgenby Bush Regeneration

Grade 2

Distance: 5 km loop from Yankee Hat carpark, Old Boboyan Road (2 hours)

Status: Open (We recommend 4WD only on Old Boboyan Road)

See the rehabilitation of a former pine plantation back to native forest. Walk or cycle through Candlebarks and Snow Gums. Side excursion possible to Eleanor's Grove on Hospital Creek.

Settlers Track

Grade 3

Distance:

6 km loop from Boboyan Road (4 hours)
9 km loop via Waterhole Hut from Boboyan Road (5 hours)

Status: Open

Walk back in time to experience huts, homesteads and other historic sites from the 19th and 20th centuries. This corner of Namadgi National Park was untouched by the 2020 bushfire.

Download the Settlers Track track notes (2.3 MB)

Note: There is no access inside Westermans Homestead on the Settlers Walking Track due to repair works until further notice. Barriers and signage are in place.

Brayshaw's Hut, Namadgi National park

Yankee Hat

Yankee hat signage with grasslands and mountains in the background

Yankee Hat

Grade 3

Distance: 6 km return from Yankee Hat carpark, Old Boboyan Road (2.5 hours)

Status: CLOSED for bushfire recovery works

Stroll through expansive grasslands dotted with kangaroos to the Yankee Hat shelter to view ancient Ngunnawal rock art. Easy walking with impressive mountain views.

Download the Yankee Hat map and guide (815.9 KB)

Brandy Flat

Grade 4

Distance:

10 km return from Glendale Crossing to Brandy Flat Hut (3 to 4 hours)
20 km return to complete the full trail, or leave a car at each end for a 10 km option (6 hours)

Status: Open

A pleasant walk through box woodland and dry forest. Brandy Flat Hut (1980's) is along the track. Very steep sections on the southern half of the walk mean that a return walk to the hut from Glendale Crossing is a gentler option.

Walkers on the Brandy Flat trail

Square Rock

Walkers resting at Square Rock.

Square Rock

Grade 3

Distance: 10.5 km return from Corin Road (4.5 hours)

Status: Open

Explore huge granite boulders, Alpine Ash forests and Snow Gum woodlands. Enjoy fantastic mountain views from Square Rock Lookout and a viewpoint at the head of the Orroral Valley (on a side-track).

Download the Square Rock track notes (2.0 MB)

Old Boboyan Road

Grade 3

Distance: 14 km return from Yankee Hat carpark, Old Boboyan Road OR Old Boboyan Road South (entry from Boboyan Road) (5 hours)

Status: Open (We recommend 4WD only on Old Boboyan Road)

Walk part of the mostly flat, original road to Adaminaby. Learn about the rehabilitation of a pine plantation to native trees and enjoy the Boboyan Valley grassland with views, marshland (fens) and pastoral heritage.

View from Old Boboyan Road towards Yankee Hat in Namadgi National Park.

Stockyard Spur

View from Stockyard Spur in Namadgi National Park.

Stockyard Spur

Grade 4

Distance:

13 km return from Corin Dam to the junction with Mt Franklin Road (6 hours)
22 km return extended option to visit Pryors Hut and Mt Gingera (8 to 9 hours)

Status: Open

The Stockyard Spur track climbs steeply through tall eucalypt forests west of Corin Dam up to Snow Gum woodlands on the Brindabella Range. This track involves a 700 metre ascent and a 700 metre descent. It requires a reasonable level of fitness.

Mt Gingera

Grade 4

Distance: 14.5 km return from Mt Franklin Road (6 hours) OR if walking via Stockyard Spur start on Corin Road (8 to 9 hours)

Status: Open

A beautiful mountain walk through Snow Gums with panoramic views from the summit. Alpine wildflowers in summer. Visit Pryors Hut on the way. Last 1km is steep.

View from Mt Gingera summit.

Mt Tennent

Mnt Tennent fire tower against a clear blue sky with views to distant mountains

Mt Tennent

Grade 4

Distance:

4.5 km return from Namadgi Visitor Centre after-hours carpark to Cypress Pine Lookout (2 hours)
15 km return from Namadgi Visitor Centre after-hours carpark to the summit (6 hours)

Status: Open

A challenging walk with magnificent views. Start from the Namadgi Visitor Centre after hours carpark, walk along the Woodland Walk, then on the Mt Tennent Track to Cypress Pine Lookout. Continue up the steep track that leads to the summit. You can also start at the locked gate on the Apollo Road (first 1 km is on private property) following the Mt Tennent fire trail.

Cycling permitted on fire trail section only.

Naas Valley to Horse Gully Hut

Grade 3

Distance: 16 km return from Mt Clear Campground (7 hours)

Status: Open.

A portion of the National Trail that provides insight into the natural, geological, Ngunnawal and pastoral history of the area. Download the Naas Valley to Horse Gully Hut track notes.

Download the Naas Valley to Horse Gully Hut track notes (816.8 KB)

Horse Gully Hut, Namadgi National Park

Granite Tors

A large granite boulder balancing atop a rocky outcrop

Granite Tors

Grade 4

Distance: 8 km return from the Orroral Tracking Station (3 hours)

A very steep walk through tall forest and granite boulders to views of the Orroral Valley from the former geodetic observatory.
Download the Granite Tors track notes.

Download the Granite Tors track notes (2.4 MB).

Nursery Swamp

Grade 4

Distance: 8.5 km return (4 hours)

Status: Open.

Walk through dry and wet forest and see massive granite boulders and a large fen (sedge swamp). First 2 kilometres is steep.

Nursery Swamp in Namadgi National Park, with patches of snow on the ground.

Grassy Creek to Boboyan Valley

Boboyan homestead ruins in open grasslands with bright native flowers in the foreground

Grassy Creek to Boboyan Valley

Grade 4

Distance: 20 km return from Boboyan Road (1 day)

Status: Open

Walk through open grassy valleys. Discover pastoral heritage including huts, ruins, stockyards and exotic plantings.

Smokers Trail

Grade 4

Distance: 20.5km one way from Corin Road to Orroral Tracking Station (7.5 hours)

Status: Open.

Varied vegetation from Black Sallee flats to Alpine Ash forest. Steep sections. This trail is mostly downhill, if starting from the north. Connects to other walking tracks.

Smokers trail winding through towering eucalypts

Orroral Heritage

Orroral Homestead against a brilliant blue sky

Orroral Heritage

Grade 3

Distance: 6 km one way (2.5 hours)

Status: Open.

Discover Orroral Valley history via informative signs along the way. Grassland walking with mountain and river views.

Orroral Valley Circuit

Grade 4

Distance: 19 km loop from Orroral Tracking Station (1 day)

Status: Open.

This loop track can be walked in either direction. The fire trail is steeper while the track up the centre of the valley has a gentler grade. The loop is joined at its northern end by 2 kilometres of the Smokers Trail. The walk has views, kangaroos and wildflowers.

Cycling permitted on fire trail section only.

Entrance to Orroral Valley trail flanked by conifers and trail signage

Australian Alps Walking Track (AAWT)

Rocky outcrops along the Australia Alps Walking Track.

Australian Alps Walking Track (AAWT)

Grade 5

Distance: 650 km one way (6 to 8 weeks)

Status: Open. This track is flood affected.

A 650 kilometre track that winds through the high country of south eastern Australia, linking this ancient mountain landscape. The entire track traverses rugged remote alpine country in Victoria, NSW and the ACT. Bushwalkers must be experienced and self-reliant. The track climbs some of the country's highest peaks and crosses exposed high plains. It passes through magnificent tall forest as well as gnarled Snow Gum woodlands, and visits sites rich in history. Most people choose to walk sections of the track rather than its entire length.

Download the Australian Alps walking track brochure.

Plan your trip at the Australian Alps National Parks website.

Before you go

Prepare by understanding safety and checking alerts.

Drop in to the Namadgi Visitor Centre for the latest updates.

In Namadgi's camping and walking areas, you will need to:

tell someone where you are going and when you’ll return, especially if you plan to venture into remote areas
make a campground or cottage booking
abide by campfire usage guidelines
check road conditions, and use a 4WD or chains when required in winter
take your rubbish with you (bins are not provided)
bring your own drinking water
bring your own firewood (or purchase it from Namadgi Visitor Centre)
be aware that mobile phone reception may be unreliable
check water quality before swimming

Please abide by rules noted on the signs at entrances to the park.

Drones are not permitted to be used in Namadgi National Park.

Dingoes, often referred to as wild dogs, can be found in low numbers throughout Namadgi. Although incidents of dingoes interacting with people in Namadgi are extremely rare, visitors are advised to observe the advice on dingoes to discourage these animals from becoming less fearful of humans. Find out more about dingoes and report any incidents to Access Canberra.

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If you notice any issues during your visit:

report maintenance issues to Access Canberra
report vandalism or other illegal activities to the police on 131 444
in an emergency, call 000

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Namadgi National Park walking tracks

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