Parking
Start at Knox Gorge Carpark at the end of Joffre Road. Park entry fees apply. The park currently lists a toilet and picnic table, but facility information conflicts about the toilet; verify before relying on it.
Overview
About Knox Gorge Lookout Walk
Why go
- A railed platform looks into the Knox–Wittenoom gorge junction.
Heads up
- The short route stays on the rim; reaching the pools requires a separate, strenuous descent.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation651–677 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Karijini Tour Guide
Your drive to Knox Gorge Lookout Walk, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Karijini 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 Karijini audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
Knox Lookout: Two Gorges Meet0:00 / 0:29
“You’re nearing Knox Lookout, where you can trace Knox Gorge to its meeting with Wittenoom Gorge. Allow about fifteen minutes for the lookout walk; this is a good choice if you want the view without a strenuous descent.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Karijini Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Oxer and Junction Pool Lookouts
- The Scales in a Moth's Pattern
- Weano and Hancock Gorges
- Joffre Falls and Lookout
- 141 audio storiesacross Karijini’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Dingo, Rock Wallaby, Mulga Snake, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 22 trails, 30 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 Knox Gorge Lookout Walk
The short walkKnox Gorge Lookout Walk is a short out-and-back from Knox Gorge Carpark to a railed platform at…
Knox Gorge Lookout Walk is a short out-and-back from Knox Gorge Carpark to a railed platform at the rim. The mapped corridor is about 133 metres one way, or roughly 270 metres (0.17 miles) return; allow around 15 minutes. Published distances range from 200 to 800 metres, so check the current route signs if exact mileage matters. The path includes steps and stays above the gorge rather than dropping to its pools.
The viewA short flight of steps brings you to a railed deck above a gorge drop of about 100 metres.
A short flight of steps brings you to a railed deck above a gorge drop of about 100 metres. Knox Gorge meets Wittenoom Gorge just beyond the platform, and the far wall curves around a river bend. Look for the banded rock in the walls and the green growth tucked below. From the deck, the curve in the far wall makes a strong photo; angled morning or late-afternoon light brings out the rock texture.
Ancient rock, water-carved wallsThe gorge walls expose banded iron formations more than 2.5 billion years old.
The gorge walls expose banded iron formations more than 2.5 billion years old. Iron- and silica-rich sediments settled on an ancient sea floor, hardened under pressure, then rivers cut deep channels through the uplifted rock over millions of years. From this short walk, you can see two gorge lines meeting in the same view.
Start and accessBegin at Knox Gorge Carpark at the end of Joffre Road. Park entry fees apply.
Begin at Knox Gorge Carpark at the end of Joffre Road. Park entry fees apply. A toilet and picnic table are listed at the access, though facility information conflicts about the toilet, so check before relying on it. Dogs are not allowed in Karijini National Park. This is a brief lookout stop; the separate two-kilometre Knox Gorge Trail descends to the pools and is a strenuous, rocky hike. Summer temperatures often exceed 40°C, so choose a cooler part of the day.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Karijini
44 sightingsDingoMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
18 sightingsRock WallabyMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
15 sightingsMulga SnakeMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
36 sightingsHamersley Rock MonitorMost seen around 9 AMSighting map
13 sightingsWestern BowerbirdMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
34 sightingsChildren's PythonMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Karijini. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
