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Great Ocean Walk

Great Ocean Walk — tail catalogue entry from OSM relation 1951913. Geometry and elevation are OSM/GLO-30 and provisional. No special permit known; verify locally.

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Distance 108.1 km Reported · Ascent provisional (DEM sample) · High point provisional (DEM sample) · T2 · pin

Itinerary not published

Last checked 2026-10-15

Cite this record

The Hiking World, Great Ocean Walk, read 2026-10-15, https://www.thehikingworld.com/trails/great-ocean-walk

How we verify · last checked 2026-10-15

Byline

  • The Hiking World editorial team · author

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

Forecast at page generation, 2026-11-07T11:25:48.469Z

Representative point on Great Ocean Walk: -38.761°, 143.378°, about 282 m. A forecast, not a trail-surface reading.

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

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

Sourced record

Verified and reported stay in separate blocks. A section with no source is left out. How we verify.

Permits and fees are shown once, from the permit record.

Stored line for Great Ocean Walk, from -38.759°, 143.672° to -38.668°, 143.111°. The drawing is the simplified record, not a surveyed GPS track.

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GeoJSON

This line is a schematic. The files are not a GPS track. GPX · GeoJSON

Facts-38.759, 143.672
Distance108.1 km*
osm-2d (provisional; not walking distance) · read 2026-09-23
Ascent+1,906 m*
derived:glo30/v1 · read 2026-10-15 · provisional
Descent1,873 m*
derived:glo30/v1 · read 2026-10-15 · provisional
High point282 m*
derived:glo30/v1 · read 2026-10-15 · provisional
Low point0 m*
derived:glo30/v1 · read 2026-10-15 · provisional
Routepoint-to-point
Daysnot published
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.
Wikidata Q1488476
Elevation
012925885.67 km profile length (DEM sample)

Stored distance is 108.1 km. The chart axis follows the DEM sample (85.67 km), not the published line length.

Tail catalogue entry built from OpenStreetMap relation 1951913 (ODbL). The stored line is the OSM geometry, decimated; its 2-D length is provisional and not published as walking distance.

Elevation high/low and ascent/descent are Copernicus GLO-30 samples at the line vertices (copernicus-dem:glo-30) and remain provisional.

No special permit was researched for this trail. Permit is marked unverified — confirm locally before relying on it.

Water

No water sources recorded.

Permits & fees

Conditions, fees and rules change. Confirm with the issuer and local authorities before you go. This is a reference, not a substitute for local advice. Terms

No permit required.

Getting there

No sourced gateway chain yet.

Getting there car-free

  • Great Ocean Walk (start): car-free flag unknown.
  • Great Ocean Walk (end): car-free flag unknown.

Trailheads

  • Great Ocean Walk (start) car-free: unknown
  • Great Ocean Walk (end) car-free: unknown

Questions

Do I need a permit for Great Ocean Walk?

No trail permit is listed as required on this record for Great Ocean Walk.

Great Ocean Walk permit quota and booking

The walk is free. Overnight camps are booked. Amount not stated on source this pass.

How difficult is Great Ocean Walk?

Great Ocean Walk is graded SAC T2 · YDS 1.

How long is Great Ocean Walk?

The length on this record is 108.1 km (reported). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail

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