Best trails in Mount Royal National Park

If you're looking for a long and challenging hike, this one's a cracker. The loop follows a series of steep and rugged 4WD tracks through Mount Royal National Park. It's a proper workout that will test your endurance, but the beautiful rainforest scenery is with you the whole way. A top choice for fit hikers who love a tough trail.

This walk descends through beautiful forest to the banks of Boonabilla Creek, following Youngs Trail within Barrington Tops National Park. Starting near the Youngs Road Picnic Area, the track initially takes you through lovely cool rainforest, characteristic of the sheltered gullies in this part of the park. You'll then follow Youngs Trail, primarily a management track, making its way steadily downhill. The descent is significant, meaning the return journey involves a couple of quite steep...

A short family friendly hike through Mount Royal National Park in the Upper Hunter Region of New South Wales, not too far from the town of Muswellbrook. Enjoy the short climb to Pieries Peak following a narrow, rocky and steep trail with views across the Hunter Valley and Lake Saint Clair from Mount Royal National Park, a World Heritage-listed Gondwana rainforest.

Enjoy the climb up to Mount Royal of Mount Royal National Park, a World Heritage-listed Gondwana rainforest. The trail is unmarked (as of August 2020) and rough - it was intended as a loop trail but the track down the western side of the mountain is very difficult to find. It begins at a picnic bench at a fork in the road. Follow the spur up the mountain. While the summit is forested, there are several cleared areas near the summit which provide expansive views to the west and south.

A scenic loop in Mount Royal National Park, a World Heritage-listed Gondwana rainforest not too far from Newcastle, NSW. The trail begins at the Youngeville Camping area, where there is parking available. The hike features a variety of forest communities, including shrubland, wet eucalypt forest and tall open forest. There is a picnic area down by the eastern creek perfect for a midway stop.