Mt Maroon

GPS Tracks

Mount Maroon (GPX)

Mt Maroon provides some of the best views in South-East Queensland, with a 360 degree views ranging from Lamington NP through Mt Barney, the length of Main Range and the Moogerah Peaks.

No facilties on site, be sure to bring toilet paper etc.
Bring plenty of water and food/snacks.

Lookouts

Scrambling or Climbing

Navigation Required

Eucalypt Forest

960m

Maximum Elevation

660m

Total Climb

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Getting there

The track leaves from the end of Cotswold Rd which turns South of Boonah-Rathdowney Rd 2.7km East of Maroon township. The track ends at a small dam about 3.5km from the turnoff.

Maps

The Maroon 1:25000 covers the area.

Route/Trail notes

Follow the open hill just south-west of the dam. A reasonably clear track leads up the hill reasonably quickly (I wouldn't say it's steep, but if you've been doing graded tracks it'll get the heart pumping... ok, it's fairly steep!).

This track leads into a gully with some spectacular cliffs off to the right. If you're into rock climbing this cliff offers some good options. Just search for Ruby of India to get started.

Climb up the gully, taking care not to dislodge rocks down on your fellow hikers. At the top of the gully a track leads through a small area of vegetation before emerging at the base of the main, bald peak. Simply wind your way up this peak to the large cairn at the top and enjoy the views.

There are some trail markers along the way - orange triangles - but you should have reasonable navigation skills to attempt this one.

GPS Tracks

Mount Maroon (GPX)

Comments

It's pretty steep going for the first few kilometres and not to mention poorly marked. We spent most of the walk trying to find the track, but instead found other walkers who were equally as lost.

If you keep following the ridge from the dam straight up, you'll eventually get to a nice cliff wall. Go back about about 200 metres and on the left (facing back to the carpark) there'll be a track down the valley.

Once you descend the valley and pass the rock climbing walls, you'll head up again with a bit of a scramble in points until you reach a camp site. Once again, we couldn't find any markers, so a bit of an explore lead to us following the creek bed, onto some rocks and then off to the summit!

Excellent views and an excellent walk. But once again, I only saw about 4 markers the entire time, and all but one was a green spot on a rock or tree (making it a bit difficult to spot). We completed it in under 5 hours, including a large time spent contemplating the view from the top with a nice cold drink.
Allan Allport on 25 Apr, 2009