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
- 11.5 km circuit
- Duration
- 2 - 4.5 hours depending on route
- Moderate
- Terrain
- Undulating
- Curated Collection
- ForestrySA
- Park
- Mount Crawford Forest Reserve
- Region
- Adelaide Hills
- Download maps & GPS files
- 2 GPS files
- 1 website link
- Photos
- 12 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Car
- Travel time from Adelaide
- 1 hour or less
About the Walking Trails
Choose between three circuits, or combine into larger circuit hikes. These walks wander through Mt Crawford Forest. Whilst most of the forest comprises of pine plantation, there is also some delightful native scrub areas – one favourite being between checkpoints MP04 and MP05. Circuit 1 includes the summit of Mt Pleasant, where you can see views across the forest to Mt Crawford and Little Mt Crawford.
Walking Trails Support Group produce an excellent brochure with map and tracknotes.
Walk options from Glen Devon Road trailhead include:
- Circuit 1: 4.7km
- Circuit 1 + Circuit 2: 7.2km
- Circuit 1 + Circuit 2 + Circuit 3: 11.5km
Walk options from Cromer Picnic Area trailhead on Cricks Mill Road include:
- Circuit 3: 4.7km
- Circuit 3 + Circuit 2: 7.2km
- Circuit 3 + Circuit 2 and Circuit 2 + Circuit 1: 10.7km
Photos
The view over the forest from the summit of Mt Pleasant
In this native scrub section between MP05 and MP04 it can be hard to follow the walking trail, but it's quite short
Whilst mostly native pine forest, section of the Mount Pleasant Summit Trail are through native scrub
Hiking along the Mount Pleasant Summit Trail
The Mount Pleasant Summit Trail circuits are well marked
Plaque commemorating the work, including the picnic bench and shelter, near the summit of Mt Pleasant
The picnic bench and shelter near Mt Pleasant Summit
The pine plantation forest is of various ages, and there is some native scrub
Walking through forest and native scrub on the Mount Pleasant Summit Trail circuits
Regular checkpoints and maps like this one make this an easy set of trail circuits to hike
Trailhead on Glen Devon Road
Cromer Trailhead on Cricks Mill Road