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Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park

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  • Woolshed Falls Historic Walk will be closed until further notice due to footbridges being washed away. at Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park
    Wednesday 22 February, 2012 |
Bird watching
Cycling
Fossicking for gold
Medium walk / Day walk
Picnicking
Scenic drive
Sight-seeing

Located between Beechworth and the low hills surrounding Chiltern, this park includes the striking Mt Pilot Range and Woolshed Falls and protects box-ironbark forest that once covered much of north-east Victoria.

Short or day-long walks can be made on vehicle tracks through open forest and a 25 kilometre historic drive is marked from Chiltern through the forest and goldfields. 

Park map for mobile Apple devices

PDF maps of this park are available to download for Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. These interactive maps allow you to see an overview of visitor facilities, calculate distances, see walking tracks, and (with sufficient mobile signal) locate yourself within the park.

To download these maps, you must first install the free Avenza PDF Maps application. Search for “Avenza PDF Maps” in the Apple App Store via your mobile device to get started. 

PDF Maps requires iOS 4.0 or later running on an iPhone 3GS or better, 3rd generation iPod Touch or better, or any iPad.

If you don’t have a mobile Apple device, these PDF maps are also available for download under the ‘Related publications’ section below.

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Parks Victoria acknowledges the Aboriginal Traditional Owners of Victoria - including its parks and reserves. Through their cultural traditions, Aboriginal people maintain their connection to their ancestral lands and waters. Further information is available from Aboriginal Affairs Victoria AAV and Native Title Services Victoria

Popular things to do

Woolshed Falls

A ten minute drive north from Beechworth provides the opportunity to view the falls, have a picnic or take a self-guided walk around the alluvial gold workings. The falls are spectacular after heavy rainfalls.  

Donchi Hill

Drive through the forest to Donchi Hill Lookout then on to the original Indigo goldfields cemetery - about an hour and a halfs round trip.

Magenta Mine Picnic Area

Visit the open-cut Magenta Mine which produced up to 13,000 ounces of gold between 1860 and about 1910. Horse-drawn drays carted away the rock for crushing in the nearby battery. A kilometre away is the site of a battery run by the Victorian Government in an effort to revive gold mining during the 1930…

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Visitor experiences

Facilities Summary

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  • Sealed carpark

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Remembering the Anzacs at Mount Macedon Memorial Cross

23 Apr 2012

Parks Victoria is inviting people to put some nature into their Anzac spirit this year by visiting one of the special sites in its parks and reserves such as the Mount Macedon Memorial Cross. Around 2500 people are expected to attend the ANZAC Day dawn service which starts at 6am on 25 …

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Park Statistics

Established

April 1980

Area

21560ha