Are you planning a walking group in Kuitpo or Mount Crawford forests?
For all small group day activities, including those run by walking clubs, ForestrySA requests the organiser confirms they can proceed as planned, and are not impacted by forest operations and other events in the vicinity.
- Distance
- 13 km circuit
- Duration
- 7 hours
- Moderate
- Terrain
- Undulating
- Curated Collection
- ForestrySA
- Park
- Mount Crawford Forest Reserve
- Region
- Adelaide Hills
- Download maps & GPS files
- 2 GPS files
- 2 website links
- Photos
- 11 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Car
- Travel time from Adelaide
- 1 hour or less
About the Walking Route
Walk a loop hike on the Heysen Trail through the native and plantation forests around Mount Crawford. Highlights include the native forest along the ridgeline up to Little Mount Crawford, and the open plantation forest between Rocky Paddock Campsite and Chalks Campsite.
The full Heysen Trail is 1,200 km long, and stretches from Cape Jervis in the south to Flinders Ranges in the north. This loop trail is all on the Heysen Trail, so you can easily follow the markers, but watch out you don’t walk north towards Mount Crawford and the Old School House, or south to Warren Tower or Kersbrook.
There are plenty of points to access the trail from, some of which include:
- Mount Crawford Forest Visitor Information Centre
- Chalks Campsite
- Rocky Paddock Campsite
Photos
The Jenkins Scrub Walking Trail includes some of the Heysen Trail
Hiking along the Heysen Trail on the Jenkins Scrub Walking Trail, Mt Crawford Forest
The Jenkins Scrub Walking Trail is well marked, thanks to the work of the Walking Trails Support Group
Trail junction on the Jenkins Scrub Walking Trail, the Heysen Trail continues north
