Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
The jewels of the Walls of Jerusalem National Park in Tasmania are best discovered in a pair of hiking boots.
Located in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, the Walls of Jerusalem is a wild and inspiring alpine park with a labyrinth of highland lakes, craggy mountains and elegant stands of pure pencil pine forests. Its stunning landscape of precipitous dolerite peaks, moraines and tarns are the result of glaciation.
The constantly changing landscape is as unpredictable as it is beautiful and walkers should come prepared, as the weather can shift from one hour to the next. The unique alpine vegetation and clean, crisp air of this remote highland region is sure to invigorate and inspire those with a sense of adventure.
A valid parks pass is required for entry to Tasmania's national parks.
Choose from a range of pass options to best meet your needs.
The Walls of Jerusalem National Park is spectacular and remote high country, sculpted by glaciers thousands of years ago. Today, water remains an ever-present feature in the numerous lakes, tarns and trickling streams.
With no road access to its boundary, this alpine wonderland is for exploring on foot. The most visited part of the park is inside ‘the Walls’, flanked by towering fluted dolerite peaks. To get there from the Fish River Car Park, it’s an initial steep walk beyond the Trapper's Hut up to the only formal campsite at Wild Dog Creek. From hereon, it’s a gently undulating landscape, with dolerite peaks guarding an impossibly beautiful alpine garden. Here the gods have played, dropping generous dollops of lime green onto an olive-grey canvas, finishing with delicate strokes of pink, red, orange, gold and white.
From Wild Dog Creek campsite, the main track passes through Herods Gate into the interior Walls, (Herods Gate) and out through Damascus Gate to the charming historic Dixons Kingdom Hut. Side tracks lead to mountain summits. Our journey continued on lesser-traveled tracks by Lake Ball Hut, Lake Adelaide and the Junction Lake Track to complete the ~25k circuit back to Fish River Car Park. The side trip to summit Mt Jerusalem added 2k.
This is an ancient and fragile landscape. At altitude, and with such cold temperatures, plants grow slowly – and recover more slowly – so please stay on the tracks to minimize your impact.
Additional media for this project and text for this description was sourced from the links below:
https://parks.tas.gov.au/explore-our-parks/walls-of-jerusalem-national-park
pressreader.com/australia/australian-geographic/20171102/283579515688813
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladonia_rangiferina
wildtaswilderness.blogspot.com/2015/03/pencil-pine-king-billy-pine.html
Music by:
Paul Oakenfold
"Nixon's Spirit"
The Motet
"Anew"
Afro Celt Sound System
"North"
Lyle Mays
"Street Dreams 4"
Royksopp
"Andromeda (Lost Tapes)"
The jewels of the Walls of Jerusalem National Park in Tasmania are best discovered in a pair of hiking boots.
Located in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, the Walls of Jerusalem is a wild and inspiring alpine park with a labyrinth of highland lakes, craggy mountains and elegant stands of pure pencil pine forests. Its stunning landscape of precipitous dolerite peaks, moraines and tarns are the result of glaciation.
The constantly changing landscape is as unpredictable as it is beautiful and walkers should come prepared, as the weather can shift from one hour to the next. The unique alpine vegetation and clean, crisp air of this remote highland region is sure to invigorate and inspire those with a sense of adventure.
A valid parks pass is required for entry to Tasmania's national parks.
Choose from a range of pass options to best meet your needs.
The Walls of Jerusalem National Park is spectacular and remote high country, sculpted by glaciers thousands of years ago. Today, water remains an ever-present feature in the numerous lakes, tarns and trickling streams.
With no road access to its boundary, this alpine wonderland is for exploring on foot. The most visited part of the park is inside ‘the Walls’, flanked by towering fluted dolerite peaks. To get there from the Fish River Car Park, it’s an initial steep walk beyond the Trapper's Hut up to the only formal campsite at Wild Dog Creek. From hereon, it’s a gently undulating landscape, with dolerite peaks guarding an impossibly beautiful alpine garden. Here the gods have played, dropping generous dollops of lime green onto an olive-grey canvas, finishing with delicate strokes of pink, red, orange, gold and white.
From Wild Dog Creek campsite, the main track passes through Herods Gate into the interior Walls, (Herods Gate) and out through Damascus Gate to the charming historic Dixons Kingdom Hut. Side tracks lead to mountain summits. Our journey continued on lesser-traveled tracks by Lake Ball Hut, Lake Adelaide and the Junction Lake Track to complete the ~25k circuit back to Fish River Car Park. The side trip to summit Mt Jerusalem added 2k.
This is an ancient and fragile landscape. At altitude, and with such cold temperatures, plants grow slowly – and recover more slowly – so please stay on the tracks to minimize your impact.
Additional media for this project and text for this description was sourced from the links below:
https://parks.tas.gov.au/explore-our-parks/walls-of-jerusalem-national-park
pressreader.com/australia/australian-geographic/20171102/283579515688813
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladonia_rangiferina
wildtaswilderness.blogspot.com/2015/03/pencil-pine-king-billy-pine.html
Music by:
Paul Oakenfold
"Nixon's Spirit"
The Motet
"Anew"
Afro Celt Sound System
"North"
Lyle Mays
"Street Dreams 4"
Royksopp
"Andromeda (Lost Tapes)"
