- Distance
- 27 km one way
- Duration
- 7 hours
- Suitable for
- Hiking, Trail Running, Mountain Biking
- Moderate
- Terrain
- Undulating
- Part of a longer trail
- Lavender Federation Trail
- Park
- Kinchina Conservation Park
- Region
- Murray River, Lakes & Coorong
- Download maps & GPS files
- 2 GPS files
- 1 website link
- Photos
- 3 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Car
- Travel time from Adelaide
- 1-2 hours
About the Walking Trail
The Callington Spur Trail is a linear walking and mountain bike trail of 27km from Murray Bridge to Callington.
The trail can be begin from the main Lavender Federation Trail trailhead in Sturt Reserve on the banks of the Murray River (to be a 27km hike one-way) or from the White Hill Truck Drivers Memorial near the outskirts of the town (to be a 25km hike one-way). The trail could also be easily begun from the entrance of Kinchina Conservation Park on Tower Road (to be a 23km hike one-way).
Walking east to west, the trail enters Kinchina Conservation Park before following the Lavender Federation Trail past the Monarto Zoo, continuing alongside roadside tracks into Callington. The trail gently climbs to a hill 3.5km from Callington with views over Callington and towards Mt Barker.
Trail distances:
- trailhead in Sturt Reserve to the White Hill Truck Drivers Memorial: 2km
- White Hill Truck Drivers Memorial to Tower Hill Road, Kinchina Conservation Park: 2km
- Tower Hill Road, Kinchina Conservation Park to Rocky Gully: 4km
- Rocky Gully to Monarto Zoo: 8km
- Monarto Zoo to Callington: 9km
The trail was opened in September 2020, and is a joint project of South Australian Recreation Trails Inc (SARTI) – the creators of the Lavender Federation Trail – and the Rural City of Murray Bridge.
