Mount Beerburrum

GPS Tracks

A paved but very steep walk leads 700 metres uphill through a small area of rainforest, then winds up through eucalyptus woodland to a fire tower. There is a 360 degree view of the Glass House Mountains and other parts of South East Queensland from the summit. On a clear day, Brisbane CBD is visible too. When descending the fire tower, go down backwards as you would with any ladder, several people have tried to go down forward and had very nasty accidents.

Lookouts

Bird Watching

Picnic Facilities

Toilets

No Dogs Permitted

No Camping Permitted

Eucalypt Forest

263m

Maximum Elevation

215m

Total Climb

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Getting there:

Follow M1 'Bruce Highway' north from Brisbane for 55km. Leave the highway onto Steve Irwin Way, signposted Beerwah and Glass House Mountains Tourist Drive. After 4.5km turn left into Beerburrum Road (signposted Mt Beerburrum Lookout) and turn right after 550m to the trailhead

The access road and car park to Mount Beerburrum is now closed. Access to the Mount Beerburrum summit walk and Yul-yan-man track is now via the Beerburrum trailhead, located in the township, adjacent to Beerburrum State School.

Maps:

Glass House Mountains

Route/Trail notes:

From the trailhead car park, a zigzag track leads you up through the trees to the old car park. From hear you have a steep hike on the paved fire tower access road, that doesn't end until you are at the top. Some seats along the way to take a rest on. Great views from the first floor of the fire tower.

Return by the same route.

Permits/Costs:

None.

Other References/Comments:

Get to the track before lunchtime to enjoy your time at the top and take plenty of water.

GPS Tracks

Comments

Being so steep and on pavement, your feet are quite angled and it was a different kind of lower calf burn. Almost anyone could walk it with breaks but looking up the path I had a couple of moments of "wow the ABW comments weren't kidding..."

Great view, will do it again.
Jack McGrath on 6 Jun, 2021

Oh soo steep! Beautiful view, worth the killer walk up. Seen heaps of families with young children doing it, though it's no brisk walk. Definitely gets the heart rate going!
Lotus on 29 May, 2021

Steep paved climb..good viewing platform.
alison maher on 24 Apr, 2021

Nice steep walk, good workout and a great 360 degree view. Took me and my daughters of 13 and 11 just under 1 hour return walking without stopping at a steady pace with a 5 minute break at the top.
Kent on 8 Apr, 2021

Beerburrum the Ngungun
Kmxfitness on 6 Feb, 2021

Good leg workout...
Jana on 24 Jan, 2021

Very steep but paved all the way.
A credit to those who did the pavement.
Rewarding views at the top.
Matt on 2021

Steep! What a calf muscle killer of a walk. Great view from the top when you do make it though.
Chewie on 29 Nov, 2020

Soooooooooooooooooo Steep but soooooooooooo amazing. Just Do It.
Tess on 12 Oct, 2020

So steep, absolute torture, gets heart pumping.
Clem on 29 Aug, 2020

No kidding its steep, walking up this was a real workout for the calves. It was like walking up stairs at some points. Worth it for the views though.
Simon Hazelgrove on 24 Aug, 2020

A nice but slightly steep walk up the concrete path to the summit. Views from the firetower were very good. Since there weren't any clouds, we could see the Brisbane CBD. NOt too hard, maybe slightly harder than Ngungun.
0zzyDave1234 on 6 Jul, 2020

Cursed my stupid ideas for a while there. But damn that view made it totally worth it.
Hannah on 13 Jun, 2020

The relentless steep incline with no where to take a break is intense but the views from the top are delightful.
Katie May on Jun, 2020

Great workout for the legs,light drizzling rain the day we went up which was very pleasant to cool down after the ascent.
Bribie 61 on 31 May, 2020

Great cardio workout! Pretty steep but easy walk. Not so much a mountain climb as a concrete path the whole way. What a feat for those who built it.
30mins each way & nice (but not spectacular) view from the fire tower at the top. Shame they won’t let you go up to the next level of the tower - the view would be pretty awesome from there
JulesD on 7 May, 2020

The new additional km at the beginning of the walk is a great warmup before hitting the actual mountain. If anyone tells you this is an easy mountain to climb forget it. It's way tougher than Mt Ngungun because it's so steep.
Ian and Sue on 4 May, 2020

Steep walk, beautiful views. We were also really lucky to see an echidna near the start of the walk. Would do it again.
Helen on 3 May, 2020

Beautiful view at the top! But really steep and a path that seems to go forever 😅
Calves burned after this one but it’s well worth it
Jade on 22 Mar, 2020

This is certainly a steep walk and there are no level sections to give a break, it is steep or steeper all the way. However it is not a climb, there is no hand-over-hand stuff, just steep walking on concrete paving all the way. My partner and I are in our mid 60's and low to average fitness and we managed by taking it slowly. If you, like me, tend to avoid Glass House Mountains due to a fear of heights I would recommend this one. I have a paralysing fear of high, open spaces - will NEVER attempt Tibrogargan or Beerwah - but this one was no problem.
Jim Craigen on 17 Jan, 2020