Earl Hill Conservation Park Tropical North Queensland

View to the north from Earl Hill summit. Photo credit: Jodie Cross © Queensland Government

View from the Rainforest and Cycad palm walking track junction. Photo credit: Jodie Cross © Queensland Government

Things to do

View from Earl Hill summit looking south towards the Yarrabah Range.

Photo credit: © Queensland Government

Camping and accommodation

Camping

Camping is not permitted in Earl Hill Conservation Park.

Other accommodation

There is a range of holiday accommodation in around Trinity Park, Trinity Beach and Cairns. For more information, see the tourism information link.

A trackside seat provides a quiet place to rest and enjoy the view on the Cycad walking track.

Photo credit: © Queensland Government

Walking

Earl Hill Conservation Park map (PDF, 192.5KB)

Earl Hill Conservation Park offers a range of walking track options.

Please use the track descriptions in the Journeys page and the Earl Hill Conservation Park map (PDF, 192.5KB) to choose the walk or combination of walking tracks that suit your ability.

Walking tracks can be completed in sections, as return walks or as a circuit by walking along a small section of beach and using sections of local council walking pathway to return to your vehicle. Each track is classified according to Australian Standards and is only suitable for pedestrian use.

The local council walking pathways and beach access listed below are outside Earl Hill Conservation Park and are provided to help visitors understand they can complete the walking tracks in a circuit by using these pathways to return to their vehicles.

Track name	Distance and time	Description
Local council boat ramp car park to Flagship Drive entry to Earl Hill Conservation Park.	400m one-way 5min one-way	Take this pathway to access the Flagship Drive trailhead and start of the Woodland walking track. The car park is accessed off Reed Road in Trinity Park. From the car park follow the walking pathway along Roberts Drive to access the Flagship Drive entry to Earl Hill Conservation Park walking tracks.
Local council boat ramp car park to Half Moon Bay local council car park access to Earl Hill Conservation Park.	600m one-way 5min one-way	Take this pathway to access the Cycad palm walking track trailhead. From the car park follow the local council walking pathway along Reed Road to the car park at Half Moon Bay foreshore. From here the start of the Cycad palm walking track is 300m north along the beach. If starting the Earl Hill walking tracks from this point, please understand it is a more difficult route as you go up many stairs on the Cycad palm walking track.
Beach access	300m one-way 10min one-way	From the Half Moon Bay car park, the start of the Cycad palm walking track is 300m north along the beach.

Track name

Distance and time

Description

Local council boat ramp car park to Flagship Drive entry to Earl Hill Conservation Park.

400m one-way

5min one-way

Take this pathway to access the Flagship Drive trailhead and start of the Woodland walking track.

The car park is accessed off Reed Road in Trinity Park.

From the car park follow the walking pathway along Roberts Drive to access the Flagship Drive entry to Earl Hill Conservation Park walking tracks.

Local council boat ramp car park to Half Moon Bay local council car park access to Earl Hill Conservation Park.

600m one-way

5min one-way

Take this pathway to access the Cycad palm walking track trailhead.

From the car park follow the local council walking pathway along Reed Road to the car park at Half Moon Bay foreshore. From here the start of the Cycad palm walking track is 300m north along the beach.

If starting the Earl Hill walking tracks from this point, please understand it is a more difficult route as you go up many stairs on the Cycad palm walking track.

Beach access

300m one-way

10min one-way

From the Half Moon Bay car park, the start of the Cycad palm walking track is 300m north along the beach.

Viewing wildlife

Earl Hill Conservation Park is a good place for birdwatching. With some patience, keen photographers can be rewarded with photos of rufous fantails, fairy martins, white-breasted wood swallows, laughing kookaburras, grey goshawks, drongos, or the orange-footed scrub fowl scratching around on the forest floor. Take a moment to enjoy the variety of species in this small pocket of protected area so close to an urban environment.