Helena National Park

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Helena National Park
View from Mount Dale to the national park
View from Mount Dale to the national park
Helena National Park (Western Australia)
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Coordinates: 32 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  S , 116 ° 20 ′ 24 ″  E
Location: Western Australia , Australia
Next city: 26.00 mile (s) from Mundaring Weir
Surface: 122.52 km²
Founding: 1995
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The Helena National Park (English: Helena National Park ) is located 42 kilometers southeast of Mundaring Weir and about 72 kilometers southeast of Perth in Western Australia . The 122.52 kilometer national park can be reached via the Brookton Highway .

From there a road leads to Mount Dale . The mountain is named after the soldier Robert Dale, who was the first European to explore the region in 1829. On the Mount Dale was formerly a fire lookout tower , which is now on the Mount Dale Circuit can hike. There are toilets and picnic facilities on Mount Dale . On the mountain there is a panoramic view over the mountain landscape of the Darling Range and over the valley of the Darkin River . Access to the park up to Mount Dale is possible with normal road vehicles.

The national park is passed by the 965-kilometer Bibbulmun Track , which runs from Albany to Kalamunda .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Department of Parks and Wildlife 2013-14 Annual Report (PDF), p. 31, on parliament.wa.gov.au. Retrieved August 17, 2017
  2. ↑ Helena NP Guide  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF), on parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved August 18, 2017@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au  
  3. ↑ Mt Dale Lookout , on parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved August 18, 2017
  4. ↑ Mt Dale Circuit , on trailswa.au. Retrieved August 18, 2017