Location Name - Stirling Range National Park
Chester Pass Road
Amelup 6335

County/Council: Shire of Gnowangerup
Region: Great Southern
Location ID: 10083500


Website:
http://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/stirling-range (Stirling Range National Park)

 
Categories:
AGRICULTURE - *
DOUBLES AS - Anytown, USA
LANDSCAPES - *
LANDSCAPES - Canyons / Ravines
LANDSCAPES - Rock Formations / Cliffs
LANDSCAPES - Rolling Hills
PARKS & GARDENS - *
PARKS & GARDENS - National Parks
DOUBLES AS - Los Angeles
LANDSCAPES - Bushland / Scrub
DOUBLES AS - USA
DOUBLES AS - San Diego
DOUBLES AS - Coastal California

Tags/Keywords: Road Trip

Description:
Approximately 337 km SE of Perth & 100 km NE of Albany, the National Park protects the Stirling Ranges, or Koikyennuruff, a range of mountains and hills over 60 km wide from west to east, stretching from the highway between Mount Barker and Cranbrook eastward past Gnowangerup. Notable features include Toolbrunup, Bluff Knoll - the tallest peak in the southwestern region & one of WA's highest peaks - which rises more than a kilometre into the air. Bluff Knoll is one of the few places in Western Australia where it snows - but only very occasionally! A silhouette called The Sleeping Princess is visible from the Porongurup Range. The National Park is known for its staggering range of wildflowers - more than 1,000 different species, some of which are found no where else.

Jurisdictions::
Great Southern Development Commission, South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council, DBCA

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