Parking
Solar Power Station car park on the main road, about 1 km from Wilpena and opposite Old Wilpena Station. Park entry fees apply.
Overview
About Wilpena Solar Power Station Walk
Why go
- A quick, easy look at Wilpena’s solar installation
- A distinct change from the park’s gorge and ridge walks
Heads up
- Very short; the solar installation is the main payoff
Map & elevation
The route
Loading the Ikara-Flinders Ranges map
Full mapElevation529–543 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
3 active Ikara-Flinders Ranges alerts
- ClosureBunyeroo Gorge closed after heavy-rain damageBunyeroo Gorge on Bunyeroo Gorge Road remains closed because recent heavy rains caused damage and repair works are pending.Official details
- ClosureNightly closures on multiple walking trailsTwelve walking tracks and trails close nightly through 31 October 2026 for pest control operations.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Ikara-Flinders Ranges Tour Guide
Your drive to Wilpena Solar Power Station Walk, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Ikara-Flinders Ranges 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 area
Inside Ikara Wilpena Pound0:00 / 0:34
“You're approaching Ikara Wilpena Pound, where the best view takes some walking: the mountains enclose a basin you can actually enter through Pound Gap.”
Plays on the road 0.3 km from the trailhead in the Parkwolf Ikara-Flinders Ranges Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Wilpena Visitor Centre and Resort
- Ngarri Mudlanha and Tanderra Saddle
- Cazneaux's Reversed View
- Why the Pound Has Walls
- 49 audio storiesacross Ikara-Flinders Ranges’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Wedge-tailed Eagle, Short-beaked Echidna, Red Kangaroo, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 21 trails, 43 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 Wilpena Solar Power Station Walk
A quick look at Wilpena’s power sourceThe Wilpena Solar Power Station Walk is an easy out-and-back of about 0.63 mile (1.
The Wilpena Solar Power Station Walk is an easy out-and-back of about 0.63 mile (1.0 km) round trip, from the Solar Power Station car park to a lookout over the panel array that supplies Wilpena. It’s a quick, unusual stop if you’re curious how this remote place gets power; the installation is the whole point, rather than a long bushwalk. Allow about 30 minutes to reach the view and have a look.
What the walk offersThe mapped path is roughly 0.31 mile each way across open, gently undulating ground.
The mapped path is roughly 0.31 mile each way across open, gently undulating ground. At the end, the panels sit against tawny grassland and the dark ranges, a very different view from the park’s gorges and ridgelines. I’d add it when the energy setup interests you or you’re already nearby; if you want a bigger scenic walk, use your half hour elsewhere.
Getting thereStart at the Solar Power Station car park on the main road, about 1 km from Wilpena and…
Start at the Solar Power Station car park on the main road, about 1 km from Wilpena and opposite Old Wilpena Station. Park entry fees apply. Dogs are not permitted in the park, apart from qualified assistance dogs, and all walking trails close on Catastrophic Fire Danger days; check the park alert before you set out.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Ikara-Flinders Ranges
68 sightingsWedge-tailed EagleMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
104 sightingsShort-beaked EchidnaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
64 sightingsRed KangarooMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
219 sightingsCommon WallarooMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
55 sightingsWestern QuollMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
47 sightingsCommon Brushtail PossumMost seen around 6 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Ikara-Flinders Ranges. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
