- Distance
- 11 km circuit
- Duration
- 4 hours
- Suitable for
- Walking, Hiking, Dog Walking, Trail Running, Horse Riding
- Grade 3, Moderate Hike
- Terrain
- Undulating
- Park
- Para Wirra Conservation Park
- Region
- Adelaide Hills
- Download maps & GPS files
- 2 GPS files
- 1 website link
- Photos
- 9 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Car
- Travel time from Adelaide
- 1 hour or less
About the Walking Trail
Enjoy a 11km hike along shared-use fire tracks around and through the Mack Creek section of the park that is available for hikers and horse riders. Some maps refer to this trail as being 8.5km long, but a return walk along the entire route is actually 11km.
It may be more desirable for walkers to begin on the Mack Creek Hike from the Mack Creek Hike Carpark, and when reaching the Ruins Track (a fire track) follow the Horseplay Trail to the right, following most of the Horseplay Trail back to the carpark.
Begin the hike from either:
- Mack Creek Hike Carpark on Humbug Scrub Road, which is 0.5km beyond the main Para Wirra Conservation Park entrance
- a carpark on the corner of Humbug Scrub Road and Bassnet Road, which is 2.6km beyond the main Para Wirra Conservation Park entrance
Photos
The Mack Creek Hike and Horseplay Trail follow this fire track which is parallel to a bitumen road
The Mack Creek Hike and Horseplay Trail follows a firetrack along the southern boundary of the conservation park. Forestry SA managed scrub land is on the other side
The trailhead of the Mack Creek Hike and Horseplay Trail at the carpark called Mack Creek Hike Carpark (only 500m beyond the main Para Wirra Conservation Park entrance)
The Horseplay Trail follows a fire track called Frank Barker Road, which is on the boundary between the conservation park and the adjacent Forestry SA scrub
The Mack Creek Hike and Horseplay Trail follow some fire tracks through the southern section of Para Wirra Conservation Park
The Mack Creek Hike and Horseplay Trail follow some fire tracks through the southern section of Para Wirra Conservation Park
The Mack Creek Hike and Horseplay Trail trail markers
The Ruins Track on the Horseplay Trail and briefly on the Mack Creek Hike
The Horseplay Trail follows a very short section of dead-end bitumen road on Frank Barker Road, this is the trailhead there