Forty Mile Scrub National Park

Bottle tree at Forty Mile Scrub National Park. Photo: Stella Martin.

Location

270 km south-west of Cairns or 390 km north-west of Townsville

What's special

This national park features ancient and recent volcanic flows, open grassy woodland, the headwaters of several creeks, and a near-threatened, isolated pocket of semi-evergreen vine-thicket.

Useful links

• Undara Volcanic and Forty Mile Scrub National Parks Management Plan (PDF, 2.6M)*
• Tablelands Region visitor guide. Parks and forests of the Atherton and Evelyn tablelands (PDF, 2.7M)*
• Species lists

Nearby parks

• Blackbraes National Park and Blackbraes Resources Reserve
• Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park
• Porcupine Gorge National Park
• Undara Volcanic National Park

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