- Distance
- 6 km circuit
- Duration
- 90 mins - 2 hours
- Suitable for
- Get to by public transport
- Moderate
- Terrain
- Undulating
- Park
- Glenthorne National Park-Ityamaiitpinna Yarta
- Region
- Adelaide City & Suburbs
- Download maps & GPS files
- 2 GPS files
- 1 website link
- Photos
- 12 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Bus
- Car
- Travel time from Adelaide
- 1 hour or less
About the Walking Route
A loop walk in O’Halloran Hill Recreation Park. Walkers, dogs (on-leash), mountain bikers and horse riders are welcome in the park. The park consists mostly of grassy hills and gullies with some trees.
Unfortunately there are minimal facilities and no trail or track signs. Entrance gates are numbered. The park isn’t well maintained, fire tracks and walking trails can become overgrown with grasses during Spring. Some online reviews of the park aren’t flattering, but the park offers a large open space accessible to many nearby suburbs, with the possibility of various walking loops.
We’ve indicated a 6km loop. The loop can be accessed from numerous gates along the way, including:
- Gate 12, Morphett Road, O’Halloran Hill
- Gate 11, Davenport Street, Seaview Downs (easily accessible by Adelaide Metro bus service 645 and 646 via nearby bus stop 43, Davenport Terrace)
- Gate 14 at end of Peregrine Court, Darlington
Concept for including O’Halloran Hill Recreation Park into a new Glenthorne National Park.
The park is comparable to Cobbler Creek Recreation Park, being predominately grassy rolling hills which were previously farmed, and in suburban location and primarily existing for recreation use. That park had significant upgrades in 2013 and again in 2016 to develop formal walking and cycling trails, and to construct visitor facilities. O’Halloran Hill Recreation Park would arguably benefit from a similar treatment, especially given the number of people living in surrounding suburbs. The 2016 vision for the park to be included into a larger Glenthorne National Park could achieve this.
Photos
Grassy rolling hills with some large trees are the typical landscape in O'Halloran Hill Recreation Park
Walking, mountain biking, horse riding and dog walking (on leash) are all permissable in O'Halloran Hill Recreation Park. Some of the signs are old and prohibit mountain biking, but bikes are welcome
Other fire tracks are excellent and easy to follow, as the wander along hillsides and gullies
Some of the fire tracks can be overgrown during Spring
Some trails can be very overgrown with grasses during Spring and early summer
The fire track that follows the western side of the South Expressway is good, being gravel and clear of overgrown grasses
The fire track that follows the western side of the South Expressway is good, being gravel and clear of overgrown weeds. There is just the occassional glimpse of the nearby expressway.
The hills on the northern side provide panaromas over the Adelaide Plains, from the coast to the Adelaide hills
View of rolling grassy hills and Mt Lofty in O'Halloran Hill Recreation Park
A couple of park benches mark the junction to leave the good fire track that parallels the Southern Expressway and head east
Trails in O'Halloran Hill Recreation Parkare shared-use with cyclists and horse riders
Trailhead at Gate 12 at the end of Morphett Road, O'Halloran Hill. The walking trail to the left isn't on the official maps but is in the route detailed on this walk