Mount Lofty Summit

Mount Lofty Summit

Essential tree trimming works will be carried out at Mount Lofty Summit from 13 to 14 October 2025 (weather permitting). Please be aware work crews will be present on site, equipment use may generate noise, and access to certain areas could be temporarily restricted to ensure public safety. Details

Park fees:
Free entry
16.84km from Adelaide
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Mount Lofty Sum­mit, the majes­tic peak of the Mount Lofty Ranges in the Ade­laide Hills, pro­vides spec­tac­u­lar panoram­ic views across Ade­laide’s city sky­line to the coast. Each year more than 350,000 peo­ple vis­it the peak which ris­es more than 710 metres above sea level.

From the sum­mit you can fol­low the pop­u­lar walk down to Water­fall Gul­ly, join the Hey­sen Trail or stroll along a walk­ing trail through native bush­land to Cle­land Wildlife Park.

Vis­it the Mount Lofty Sum­mit Vis­i­tor Infor­ma­tion Out­let and Gift Shop and speak to our friend­ly tourism experts about your next South Aus­tralian adven­ture. Get the lat­est maps and walk­ing trail advice, and browse the excep­tion­al range of qual­i­ty sou­venirs, local­ly pro­duced gifts and a great range of clothing.

Park maps

Maps on your mobile

If you have a smart­phone or tablet you can down­load the free Aven­za Map app and have inter­ac­tive nation­al park maps on hand when you need them.

The app uses your device’s built-in GPS to plot your real-time loca­tion with­in the park onto a map. The app can be used with­out a net­work con­nec­tion and with­out roam­ing charges. You can also mea­sure area and dis­tance, plot pho­tos and drop place­mark pins. 

How to get it work­ing on your device:

1. Down­load the Aven­za Maps app from the app store (iOS/Android) whilst you are still in range (its free!).
2. Open up the app and click the shop­ping cart icon.
3. Click Find’ and type the name of the nation­al park or reserve you are look­ing for.
4. Click on the map you are after and install it (all our maps are free).
5. You will now find a list of your installed maps on the home page of the Aven­za Maps app.
6. Use our maps through the Aven­za Mapa app while in the park and nev­er take a wrong turn again.

Google Street View

Want to explore a trail before you leave home or use Google Maps to nav­i­gate straight from your door to the trailhead?

We’ve worked with Google to film more than 600km of walk­ing trails, park roads, camp­grounds and water­ways in some of our most beau­ti­ful places. Click to see what the parks offer and the avail­able facil­i­ties before you go. This is an espe­cial­ly great tool if you have acces­si­bil­i­ty needs, are vis­it­ing with peo­ple of vary­ing ages or fit­ness lev­els or are push­ing a pram and want to view a trail before leav­ing home.

You can start explor­ing this park on Google Street View using the links below.

Shared use trails (walk­ing and moun­tain biking) 

Walk­ing trails

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