Parking
Use the signed Red Gum Walk access near the official trailhead. Parking is available near the trailhead; follow park access signs.
Overview
About Red Gum Walk
Why go
- Easy formed walking surface
- Short accessible woodland circuit
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- Modest payoff compared with longer park hikes
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation229–232 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
5 active Grampians alerts
- ClosureBushfire-damaged walks and picnic area remain closedMentions this trailThe Fortress, Red Gum, Billimina, Chimney Pots and Brownings Loop walks, plus Mafeking Picnic Area, remain closed because of track or site damage from the 2024/25 summer bushfires.Official details
- ClosureMackenzie Falls precinct closed during constructionThe Mackenzie Falls (Migunang wirab) Precinct has no vehicle or visitor access during major construction works expected to finish by the end of 2026.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Grampians Tour Guide
Your drive to Red Gum Walk, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Grampians National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this trailhead
Red Gum Walk: An Easy Woodland Loop0:00 / 0:23
“You're nearing the access for Red Gum Walk, a gentle woodland circuit in the Moora Valley.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Grampians Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- How a Woodland Grew Thicker
- Paddy Castle: A Small Sandstone Summit
- A Dragonfly Leaves the Water
- Boreang: A Quiet Woodland Camp
- 233 audio storiesacross Grampians’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Short-beaked Echidna, Powerful Owl, Wedge-tailed Eagle, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 81 trails, 62 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Red Gum Walk
The walkA short 2 km circuit (about 1.2 miles) through tall gum woodland in the Moora Valley.
A short 2 km circuit (about 1.2 miles) through tall gum woodland in the Moora Valley. It returns you to the same access point, so there is no out-and-back retracing, and the grade stays gentle with only around 20 m of total climbing.
Underfoot and accessThe route follows a formed, compacted walking surface and was built as the park's first…
The route follows a formed, compacted walking surface and was built as the park's first all-abilities track. That means it is easy going by bushwalking standards, but the surface is not fully sealed, so anyone using a wheelchair, pram or walking aid should judge suitability on the day.
What you seeIt is a quiet nature walk rather than a big-view hike, so set expectations for a modest, leafy…
It is a quiet nature walk rather than a big-view hike, so set expectations for a modest, leafy payoff instead of a summit or waterfall.
- River red gums, swamp gum and scentbark along the loop
- Ferns and recovering understorey vegetation
- Signs of forest regrowth after past fire
Time to allowAllow about 45 minutes, or roughly 30 to 60 minutes depending on your pace and how long you…
Allow about 45 minutes, or roughly 30 to 60 minutes depending on your pace and how long you stop to look at the trees and understorey.
Before you goDogs are not permitted in the national park or on this walk.
Dogs are not permitted in the national park or on this walk. Assistance dogs are allowed under the usual entry requirements.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Grampians
157 sightingsShort-beaked EchidnaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
37 sightingsPowerful OwlMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
59 sightingsWedge-tailed EagleMost seen around 11 AMSighting map
24 sightingsEastern Brown SnakeMost seen around 11 AMSighting map
10 sightingsTiger SnakeMost seen around noonSighting map
29 sightingsRed-bellied Black SnakeMost seen around 11 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Grampians. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
