Map of the Red Track route. Start at the summit cafe (click to enlarge)
- ‘Scribbly Gum’ article about the Red Track (The Red Track – Scribbly Gum Dec 2012)
- A description of a walk along the Red Track by the ‘Wednesday Walkers’ group (The Red Track July 2012)
- A Mother’s Day outing on the Red Track. More…
The Red Track is a 3.2km loop walk within the Red Hill Nature Reserve. By walking this Track you will discover Red Hill’s fascinating natural and cultural heritage, including the processes that created the rocks millions of years ago, the colourful bird life and endangered ecological communities.
Walking the Track takes about 90 minutes. There are some steep rocky sections and uneven surfaces.
The best place to start and finish the walk is along Red Hill Drive at the summit restaurant, where there is plenty of parking and amazing views across inner Canberra and the Woden Valley.
The Track is signposted with red triangular markers and has seven interpretive signs along the Track.
A marker post on the Red Track
Start your walk at the first interpretive sign
Red Track sign no 1: located behind and a few metres south of the restaurant (away from the car park). Click to enlarge.
The first red arrow
The Red Track marker sign
can be seen about 30m south along the ridge. Follow the arrows and the Track will lead you in an anticlockwise loop south along the ridge past Sign No 2,
Red Track sign no 2: located about 50m south of the summit cafe (click to enlarge)
then sharp left at Sign No 3
Red Track sign no 3: located at the saddle (click to enlarge)
and down to the base of the hill. Turning left at the base of the hill takes the Track north and parallel with the base of the hill past Sign no 4
Red Track sign no 4: located at the base of Red Hill about 500m south of the downhill track (click to enlarge)
and Sign No 5
Red Track sign no 5: located on the base of Red Hill about 300m south of the downhill track (click to enlarge)
until it turns sharply left again and up a steep rough track past Sign No 6
Red Track sign no 6: located about midway down the steep track from the summit lookout to the base of Red Hill (click to enlarge)
back to Red Hill Drive. Emerging from the bush at Red Hill Drive near the summit lookout, turn left and follow the road edge for about 50m before crossing the road and entering the bush through a locked gate on the right. Follow the track around to the left and walk along the ridge with spectacular views of Woden Valley and the Brindabella Range to the right (west). After a couple of hundred metres past Sign No 7
Red Track sign no 7: located about 200m north of the cafe on the west side of the hill (click to enlarge)
you will arrive back at the restaurant and car park for a well earned coffe and cake.