Parking
Use Pot Alley car park off Pot Alley Road; the approach is suitable for 2WD vehicles. The trail begins at the car park.
Overview
About Pot Alley Beach Trail
Why go
- A quick descent reaches a secluded pocket beach and its layered coastal rock.
Heads up
- Steep, rough steps make the climb back feel bigger than the distance suggests.
Map & elevation
The route
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Kalbarri Tour Guide
Your drive to Pot Alley Beach Trail, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Kalbarri 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.
See the Kalbarri audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
Pot Alley0:00 / 0:31
“You're approaching the access road for Pot Alley, a small coastal gorge with a beach tucked below the cliffs. You can enjoy the view from the parking area without walking down.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Kalbarri Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Eagle Gorge
- Mushroom Rock and Rainbow Valley
- Red Bluff and Pederick Lookout
- Warm Water Heading South
- 58 audio storiesacross Kalbarri’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Perentie, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Western Grey Kangaroo, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 18 trails, 19 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 Pot Alley Beach Trail
The short beach walkPot Alley Beach Trail is a short out-and-back from Pot Alley car park down a stepped sandstone…
Pot Alley Beach Trail is a short out-and-back from Pot Alley car park down a stepped sandstone gully to a small beach in the coastal gorge. The published walk figure is 400 m return; its mapped corridor is about 233 m each way, which works out to roughly 465 m on the ground. Allow around 20 minutes. This is the beach-access walk; the longer coastal route toward Red Bluff and Mushroom Rock is a separate hike.
Down the gullyThe path drops over rough, stepped rock, and the return is a climb back up the same gully.
The path drops over rough, stepped rock, and the return is a climb back up the same gully. It is short, but steep enough that you will notice it on the way back. Sandstone can be slippery, so take your time on the descent and wear shoes with grip. At the bottom, the gully opens onto a small pocket beach edged by layered rock shelves and open surf.
The name and the shoreLocal crayfish fishermen gave Pot Alley its name after losing cray pots in the cove.
Local crayfish fishermen gave Pot Alley its name after losing cray pots in the cove. The rocky shoreline and surf are the payoff here; swimming is not recommended. For a photo, include the layered ledges with a strip of sea so the frame shows how the cove meets the coast.
Before you goStart at Pot Alley car park off Pot Alley Road; the approach is suitable for 2WD vehicles.
Start at Pot Alley car park off Pot Alley Road; the approach is suitable for 2WD vehicles. Park entry fees apply. There is no drinking water in the national park, so carry your own. The park recommends hiking in the cooler months, May through October, because summer heat can be severe. Pets are not permitted in the park.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Kalbarri
29 sightingsPerentieMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
12 sightingsWedge-tailed EagleMost seen around 11 AMSighting map
33 sightingsWestern Grey KangarooMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
44 sightingsBlack-flanked Rock WallabyMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
24 sightingsEmuMost seen around 8 AMSighting map
23 sightingsEchidnaMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Kalbarri. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
