- Distance
- 3.0 km return
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Suitable for
- Walking, Hiking
- Grade 3, Moderate Hike
- Terrain
- Flat
- Park
- Coffin Bay National Park
- Region
- Eyre Peninsula
- Download maps & GPS files
- 2 GPS files
- 1 website link
- Photos
- 9 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Car
About the Walking Trail
This trail follows the coast around the headland overlooking sheltered Port Douglas. The trail starts from the Black Springs camping area. The start of the trail isn’t immediately obvious, it starts at the end of the campsite, between campsites #3 and #2. The trail here looks indiscernible but is soon easily followed. The trail ends at an old hand-pump well (which still works) which is the Black Springs.
The National Parks website notes this trail is 2km long, but the full loop is actually 3km long.
Photos
Views over the bay near the furthest point of the Black Springs Well Hike
View of a beach on the Black Springs Well Hike
This section of the Black Springs Well Hike is rocky
The route from the main loop trail out to the well is short, and although it looks indistinct in the photo, is relatively easy to follow
The start of the Black Springs Well Hike is along an old fire track
Views from the Black Springs Well Hike into the bay
The well of the Black Springs Well Hike
The Black Springs Well Hike is marked with these markers
The start of the Black Springs Well Hike isn't immediately obvious. It starts here, at the end of the campsite, between campsites #3 and #2. The trail here looks indiscernible but is soon easily followed