Alpine National Park

Alpine National Park is an Australian Alps national park in the High Country region of Victoria. The park is the Victorian continuation of NSW's Kosciuszko National Park and has an area of 6,474 km² (2,500 sq mi), making it Victoria's largest national park.

Towns

There are no towns "in" the national park, but there are towns that are surrounded by the park on all four corners.

• 1 Mount Hotham
• 2 Falls Creek

Understand

Park website

• Parks Victoria
• Visit Gippsland

Get in

There are several entrances to the park. See the details in Falls Creek and Mount Hotham for the main ones.

See and do

• 1 Dartmouth Dam. (updated Feb 2022)
• 2 Vallejo Gantner Hut. A memorial to Vallejo Gantner that's now a popular stopover for bushwalkers. (updated Sep 2022)

Mansfield and Whitfield

• Mount Cobbler Walking Track. (updated Apr 2024)
• 3 Paradise Falls, Paradise Falls Rd, Cheshunt. A 31-metre fall which can be accessed via a viewing platform though the road to the platform requires 11 km of driving on unsealed roads. The best time to see the waterfall is around the time of spring or early summer. (updated Mar 2022)

Other

• Parts of the 665 km (413 mi) Australian Alps Walking Track passes through Alpine National Park. The trail starts in Walhalla and ends near Canberra, is particularly admiring. Almost all of Australia's highest mountains are touched. The national park administration recommends planning eight weeks for the entire route, some of which includes some time in Alpine NP.
• Ski at the ski resorts in Mount Hotham or Falls Creek

Buy, eat and drink

There are some in Mount Hotham and Falls Creek.

Sleep

There is accommodation in Mount Hotham and Falls Creek.