Public Trails Computed from official land records

Noosa · Noosa Hill

Noosa Hill from Chook Break

entry is a track 175 m of climb chain confidence Official spatial — evidence class noosa-hill--from-chook-break

Access verdict · Lawful, nothing to flag · weakest evidence in the chain: official spatial record

A lawful approach from Chook Break.

The chain below runs entirely across land the public has an established right to be on. It is a legal line, not a path: nothing here has been surveyed on the ground.

What this verdict means · what the evidence grades mean

On-ground signage and temporary closures override this page. Always.

Getting to the start The trailhead coordinate, not the feature

The start is at -26.39898, 153.09430

That is Chook Break, where the walk below begins — 4.2 km of it. Every link here goes to that coordinate and never to the feature itself, because a driving route to a waterfall is a driving route into the country above one.

-26.39898, 153.09430

The record does not say what reaches the start The roads layer leaves trafficability unstated on most of its rows, and it is unstated here. That is an absence of evidence, not an ordinary road: treat the last stretch as unresearched.

The coordinate is where the recorded way begins, read off the same layers as the walk. What the record says about a vehicle is above, and it describes this point rather than the drive to it. Whether the road is sealed, gated, or open today, and where a car may lawfully be left, are none of them things these records say — so treat the last few kilometres as unresearched, and the mapping service's route to them as its own work, not ours.

The chain, leg by leg Computed from cadastral geometry; never walked

Legs of the computed corridor, in order, with the grade of the record that made each one lawful
# Runs along Parcel / reference Mapped along it Distance Bearing Evidence
1 Track Noosa Coastal Pathway nothing mapped 42.4 m 294.1° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
2 Track Coastal pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 8.1 m 296.9° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
3 Track Noosa Coastal Pathway nothing mapped 80.1 m 296.4° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
4 Track Coastal pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 12.1 m 279.2° W Official spatial — evidence class
5 Track Noosa Coastal Pathway nothing mapped 82.0 m 297.3° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
6 Track Coastal pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 14.9 m 297.0° WNW Official spatial — evidence class
7 Track Noosa Coastal Pathway nothing mapped 419.1 m 326.5° NNW Official spatial — evidence class
8 Track Coastal pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 12.7 m 22.2° NNE Official spatial — evidence class
9 Track Noosa Coastal Pathway nothing mapped 96.2 m 2.2° N Official spatial — evidence class
10 Track Coastal pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 13.6 m 2.1° N Official spatial — evidence class
11 Track Noosa Coastal Pathway nothing mapped 176.4 m 0.7° N Official spatial — evidence class
12 Track Coastal pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 13.9 m 358.0° N Official spatial — evidence class
13 Track Noosa Coastal Pathway nothing mapped 710.3 m 12.9° NNE Official spatial — evidence class
14 Track Shared pathway nothing mapped 16.5 m 34.1° NE Official spatial — evidence class
15 Track Shared pathway - road crossing nothing mapped 16.8 m 7.4° N Official spatial — evidence class
16 Track Shared pathway nothing mapped 118.7 m 101.9° ESE Official spatial — evidence class
17 Track Noosa headland pathway nothing mapped 34.9 m 41.6° NE Official spatial — evidence class
18 Track Noosa Headland pathway nothing mapped 77.6 m 32.8° NNE Official spatial — evidence class
19 Track Noosa headland pathway nothing mapped 91.6 m 46.1° NE Official spatial — evidence class
20 Track Noosa Headland pathway nothing mapped 670.5 m 42.7° NE Official spatial — evidence class
21 Track Coastal pathway nothing mapped 11.9 m 46.9° NE Official spatial — evidence class
22 Track Bridge nothing mapped 8.4 m 51.7° NE Official spatial — evidence class
23 Track walking track (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) nothing mapped 45.1 m 60.2° ENE Official spatial — evidence class
24 Track walking track (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) nothing mapped 3.0 m 64.6° ENE Official spatial — evidence class
25 Track walking track (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) nothing mapped 8.7 m 67.2° ENE Official spatial — evidence class
26 Track walking track (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) nothing mapped 23.9 m 56.8° ENE Official spatial — evidence class
27 Track Coastal Walk nothing mapped 51.8 m 36.9° NE Official spatial — evidence class
28 Track Noosa Hill Walk nothing mapped 1293.9 m 119.0° ESE Official spatial — evidence class
Total no way mapped 4155.1 m Chain confidence Official spatial — evidence class

Every leg above is computed from cadastral geometry. Nobody has walked it, and no part of it is a path on the ground: it is the line along which the public record establishes a right to be. Where a leg names a way, that is what a managing authority has mapped down the same ground — it says nothing more about your right to be there, which the parcel already settled.

Following it on the ground Every step ends at something you can check

at least 2 hours out and back

at least 1 hour there at least 1 hour back

175 m up and 55 m down on the way out — so the return leg climbs 55 m.

Walking only — nothing is counted for rest, water, photographs, navigation, or the state of the track.

Naismith's rule, and what it does not account for

The way reaches this place Official spatial — evidence class

Noosa Coastal Pathway passes under a metre from the recorded point. The gap crosses no contour, which is as level as this layer can evidence — not a survey saying the ground is flat.

Both gaps are small enough that the way is a way to this place, not merely one near it.

  1. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 135 m, setting off WNW (295°), to the junction with Eugarie Street.

    Back: 115° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 135 m from the start.

  2. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 97 m, setting off WNW (296°), to the junction with Berrima Row.

    Back: 116° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 232 m from the start.

  3. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 431 m, setting off NNW (326°), to the junction with Bottlebrush Avenue.

    Back: 146° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 663 m from the start.

  4. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 105 m, setting off N (4°), to the junction with Shared pathway.

    Back: 184° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 768 m from the start.

  5. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 195 m, setting off N (1°), to the junction with Hibiscus Avenue.

    Back: 181° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 962 m from the start.

  6. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 577 m, setting off NNE (18°), to the junction with Halse Lane.

    Back: 198° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 1539 m from the start.

  7. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 143 m, setting off N (352°), to the junction with Shared pathway - road crossing.

    Back: 172° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 1682 m from the start.

  8. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 152 m, setting off E (88°), to the junction with Shared pathway - road crossing.

    Back: 268° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 1834 m from the start.

  9. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 848 m, setting off NE (42°), to the junction with Beach access path #25.

    Back: 222° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 2682 m from the start.

  10. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 92 m, setting off NE (53°), to the junction with another published way.

    Back: 233° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 2774 m from the start.

  11. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 81 m, setting off NE (47°), to the junction with Day-use area pathways.

    Back: 227° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 2855 m from the start.

  12. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 85 m, setting off E (80°), to the junction with Service Road.

    Back: 260° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 2940 m from the start.

  13. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 107 m, setting off NE (51°), to the 30 m contour.

    Back: 231° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 3047 m from the start.

  14. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 91 m, setting off ENE (76°), to the 40 m contour.

    Back: 256° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 3138 m from the start.

  15. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 875 m, setting off SE (140°), to the junction with Noosa Hill Link Track.

    Back: 320° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 4013 m from the start.

  16. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 120 m, setting off NW (324°), to the 145 m contour.

    Back: 144° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 4133 m from the start.

  17. Follow Noosa Coastal Pathway for 22 m, setting off SE (126°), to arrive.

    Back: 306° along Noosa Coastal Pathway, 4155 m from the start.

4155 m in total, along the way the managing authority publishes. Every step above ends at something the records let you check on the ground. Bearings are true, not magnetic: they match a phone compass with no conversion. In this part of Queensland a magnetic bezel reads about 11° east of them, so an analogue compass needs that taken off before you set it.

What each step ends at, and why Official spatial — evidence class
junction
A junction with another published way. Unmissable on the ground, and the place a wrong turn happens.
contour
A mapped height. Checkable on a phone, and nothing else on the ground marks it.
destination
The place itself, which is always where the last step ends.

A cadastral parcel boundary is never one of them. It is invisible on the ground, so a step that ended at one could never be checked — however convenient it looks in the data.

How much climbing Read off the published contour layer

Distance along the route, 0 to 4133.0 m · height 5.0 to 145.0 m Read off 5.0 m contours along the route's own line Official spatial — evidence class
Total climb
175.0 m
Total descent
55.0 m
Steepest sustained
14.7% over 68.0 m
Contour interval
5.0 m
Every height the contours record along this route
Contour crossings along the route, in order, as distance along the route against mapped height
Distance along Height
141.9 m 25.0 m
142.9 m 25.0 m
150.3 m 25.0 m
628.8 m 25.0 m
688.5 m 30.0 m
729.2 m 35.0 m
780.8 m 40.0 m
836.4 m 45.0 m
964.8 m 45.0 m
1029.8 m 40.0 m
1082.9 m 35.0 m
1142.8 m 30.0 m
1188.9 m 25.0 m
1248.1 m 20.0 m
1248.9 m 20.0 m
1254.0 m 20.0 m
1254.2 m 20.0 m
1254.5 m 20.0 m
1254.9 m 20.0 m
1255.0 m 20.0 m
1295.4 m 15.0 m
1357.7 m 10.0 m
1446.5 m 5.0 m
1959.8 m 5.0 m
2012.9 m 10.0 m
2129.7 m 15.0 m
2183.1 m 15.0 m
2233.1 m 10.0 m
2317.9 m 10.0 m
2372.6 m 15.0 m
2414.2 m 15.0 m
2486.8 m 15.0 m
2612.7 m 15.0 m
2651.8 m 10.0 m
2696.4 m 5.0 m
2740.0 m 5.0 m
2883.7 m 10.0 m
2928.1 m 15.0 m
2952.5 m 20.0 m
2996.1 m 25.0 m
3047.4 m 30.0 m
3095.6 m 35.0 m
3138.1 m 40.0 m
3197.8 m 45.0 m
3251.4 m 50.0 m
3296.8 m 55.0 m
3349.6 m 60.0 m
3388.9 m 65.0 m
3428.9 m 70.0 m
3475.9 m 75.0 m
3509.7 m 80.0 m
3535.5 m 80.0 m
3545.4 m 80.0 m
3574.2 m 85.0 m
3618.0 m 90.0 m
3676.3 m 95.0 m
3706.4 m 100.0 m
3712.1 m 100.0 m
3715.6 m 100.0 m
3715.7 m 100.0 m
3716.1 m 100.0 m
3754.1 m 105.0 m
3797.4 m 110.0 m
3852.2 m 115.0 m
3906.2 m 120.0 m
3957.1 m 125.0 m
4008.8 m 130.0 m
4010.7 m 130.0 m
4010.7 m 130.0 m
4051.1 m 135.0 m
4090.7 m 140.0 m
4133.0 m 145.0 m

The profile is the height the contour layer already records, read along the same line the legs above describe. It is not a survey of a path: nothing here says the ground between two contours is even, and a layer of 5.0 m contours cannot evidence a step smaller than the gap between them.

The line on the ground

Map

Route map: 28 legs from Chook Break, 4155.1 m in total.

Every figure the map would draw — parcel references, distances, bearings and the crossing gap — is written out in full on this page, so nothing is only visible on the map. If the map does not load, nothing has been lost.

What this verdict rests on Grades compose to the weakest link

  • The destination sits on Noosa National Park Official spatial — evidence class

    Parcel 147NPW889, recorded tenure "National Park". Being at the destination and reaching it are separate questions, and this page answers only the second.

    Cadastre and protected-area estate layers Attribution licensed

  • Leg 1: Noosa Coastal Pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    42.4 m at 294.1°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Coastal Pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 2: Coastal pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    8.1 m at 296.9°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 3: Noosa Coastal Pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    80.1 m at 296.4°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Coastal Pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 4: Coastal pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    12.1 m at 279.2°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 5: Noosa Coastal Pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    82.0 m at 297.3°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Coastal Pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 6: Coastal pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    14.9 m at 297.0°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 7: Noosa Coastal Pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    419.1 m at 326.5°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Coastal Pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 8: Coastal pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    12.7 m at 22.2°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 9: Noosa Coastal Pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    96.2 m at 2.2°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Coastal Pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 10: Coastal pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    13.6 m at 2.1°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 11: Noosa Coastal Pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    176.4 m at 0.7°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Coastal Pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 12: Coastal pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    13.9 m at 358.0°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 13: Noosa Coastal Pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    710.3 m at 12.9°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Coastal Pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 14: Shared pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    16.5 m at 34.1°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Shared pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 15: Shared pathway - road crossing carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    16.8 m at 7.4°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Shared pathway - road crossing Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 16: Shared pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    118.7 m at 101.9°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Shared pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 17: Noosa headland pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    34.9 m at 41.6°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa headland pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 18: Noosa Headland pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    77.6 m at 32.8°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Headland pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 19: Noosa headland pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    91.6 m at 46.1°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa headland pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 20: Noosa Headland pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    670.5 m at 42.7°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Headland pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 21: Coastal pathway carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    11.9 m at 46.9°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal pathway Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 22: Bridge carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    8.4 m at 51.7°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Bridge Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 23: walking track (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    45.1 m at 60.2°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference walking track (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 24: walking track (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    3.0 m at 64.6°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference walking track (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 25: walking track (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    8.7 m at 67.2°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference walking track (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 26: walking track (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    23.9 m at 56.8°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference walking track (Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 27: Coastal Walk carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    51.8 m at 36.9°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Coastal Walk Grade official_spatial

  • Leg 28: Noosa Hill Walk carries a right of passage Official spatial — evidence class

    1293.9 m at 119.0°. A track recorded by the managing authority in its published access layer, at the vetting status that layer states.

    Leg reference Noosa Hill Walk Grade official_spatial

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Location
Noosa Hill, Noosa National Park
Lot on plan
147NPW889
Coordinates
-26.38389, 153.10528 (WGS84 / GDA2020)
Feature
hill

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