Cradle Mountain (Dove Lake Circuit)

Name: Cradle Mountain (Dove Lake Circuit)
Address: AU

OSM Dove Lake Circuit, left open (endpoints about 396 m apart). Cradle Mountain 1,545 m is a landmark, not this line's high. Tasmania Parks Pass, not a trail lottery.

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Distance 5.01 km Reported · Ascent provisional (DEM sample) · High point provisional (DEM sample) · 1d · SAC T2 · Ungraded (schematic ingest)

Last checked 2026-10-15

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The Hiking World, Cradle Mountain (Dove Lake Circuit), read 2026-10-15, https://www.thehikingworld.com/trails/cradle-mountain-dove-lake

How we verify · last checked 2026-10-15

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Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.

Forecast at page generation, 2026-11-07T12:18:53.754Z

Representative point on Cradle Mountain (Dove Lake Circuit): -41.669°, 145.956°, about 996 m. A forecast, not a trail-surface reading.

At generation: -1°C, Partly cloudy.

2026-11-07 -1–4°C, 4 mm
2026-11-08 Overcast, -2–14°C
2026-11-09 Fog, -1–13°C

Source Open-Meteo. Mountain weather changes with elevation and aspect.

Life-safety notices on this page come from the issuer.

Sourced record

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Stored line for Cradle Mountain (Dove Lake Circuit), from -41.651°, 145.962° to -41.654°, 145.960°. The drawing is the simplified record, not a surveyed GPS track.

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GeoJSON

Line download is the stored OSM geometry, simplified. It is not a surveyed GPS track. GPX · GeoJSON

Facts-41.651, 145.962

Distance5.01 km*

osm-2d way 28504114 (provisional; not a published walking distance) · read 2026-10-08

Ascent+182 m*

derived:glo30/v1 · read 2026-10-15 · provisional

Descent178 m*

derived:glo30/v1 · read 2026-10-15 · provisional

High point996 m*

derived:glo30/v1 · read 2026-10-15 · provisional

Low point935 m*

derived:glo30/v1 · read 2026-10-15 · provisional

Routeloop

Days1

Seasonunverified

GradeUngraded (schematic ingest)

Catalog entry

DifficultyUngraded (schematic ingest)

SAC T2: Mountain hiking. Continuous trail, some steep ground, sure-footedness helpful.
YDS Class 1: Class 1. Walking on an established path; low fall risk.

Elevation

OSM way 28504114 is the Dove Lake Circuit left open. Endpoints are about 396 m apart; that gap was not bridged.

typicalDays 1 is a placeholder.

Water

No water sources recorded.

Permits & fees

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No permit required.

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Hazards

Cradle Mountain summit is a landmark.

Getting there

No sourced gateway chain yet.

Getting there car-free

Dove Lake: car-free flag unknown.
Dove Lake: car-free flag unknown.

Trailheads

Dove Lake car-free: unknown
Dove Lake car-free: unknown

Questions

Do I need a permit for Cradle Mountain (Dove Lake Circuit)?

No trail permit is listed as required on this record for Cradle Mountain (Dove Lake Circuit).