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A Pandani near Cradle Mountain, a Gondwanan species endemic to Tasmania Currawong near Windermere. The Overland Track traverses Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, which is a significant habitat for Tasmania's endemic species. An estimated 40–55% of the parks documented alpine flora is endemic. Furthermore, 68% of the higher ...
English: Locator map for Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair national park within Tasmania. View Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair national park on OpenStreetMap. Made with OpenStreetMap data using Maperitive and Inkscape. Design partly derived from File:Australia Tasmania location map blank.svg and Wikipedia map design conventions.
Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park is located in the Central Highlands area of Tasmania (), 165 kilometres (103 mi) northwest of Hobart.The park contains many walking trails, and is where hikes along the well-known Overland Track usually begin.
Cradle Mountain is a locality and mountain in the Central Highlands region of the Australian state of Tasmania. The mountain is situated in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park . At 1,545 metres (5,069 ft) above sea level , it is the sixth-highest mountain in Tasmania .
A wider overview of the area is available on the Tasmap Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair Map & Notes publication. To ascend the mountain, the most commonly used route is from the southern end of the Mersey Forrest Road on the eastern side of Lake Rowallan via the Moses Creek track. Then to Chapter Lake, Grail Falls, Chalice Lake and Tent Tarn.
In the off-season, walking is also allowed from the south at Lake St Clair. Another access route is the combined Arm River and Innes Tracks which passes Lake Ayr and joins the Overland Track at Pelion Plains. A wider overview of the area and access points is available on the Tasmap Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair map and notes publication.
A number of well marked bushwalks provide a day's exercise. There are walking tracks from Claude Road and Gowrie Park to the summit. The walk includes the plains and plateau leading to the peak. There are two tracks to the summit, which provide 360-degree views to Bass Strait, Cradle Mountain and Barn Bluff. [15]
The mountain summit is at grid reference 152682 UTM Zone 55S and high resolution topographical information is available on Tasmap Achilles (4036) 1:25000. To the west lies an extensive, relatively flat moorland, to the north is Cradle Mountain and Barn Bluff, to the northeast and quite close at 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) is Mount Oakleigh, to the east is Mount Pelion East and due south is Mount ...