Mount Bellenden Ker, Wooroonooran National Park

Name: Mount Bellenden Ker
Address: Wooroonooran National Park, Australia

#4 among attractions in Wooroonooran National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mount Bellenden Ker is the second-highest mountain in Queensland, Australia, with a height of 1,593 metres. It is named after the botanist John Bellenden Ker Gawler. Located 60 km south of Cairns near Babinda, it is adjacent to Mount Bartle Frere, the state's highest peak, part of the Bellenden Ker Range which is also known as the Wooroonooran Range. The two mountains dominate the Josephine Falls section of the Wooroonooran National Park. Both peaks are made of resistant granite and are remnants of an escarpment that has been eroded by the Russell and Mulgrave Rivers. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 5226 ftCoordinates: 17°15'51"S, 145°51'14"E

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Mount Bellenden Ker – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Devil's Pool, Babinda State Hotel, Clamshell Falls, Kearneys Falls.

5.6 miS
View point
Devil's Pool, Babinda
143 min walk • Devil's Pool is a natural pool in a treacherous stretch of Babinda Creek where large granite boulders fill the creek bed. It is one of the main attractions of the Babinda Boulders scenic reserve, near Babinda, Queensland, Australia.
7.1 miSE
Nightlife
Babinda State Hotel, Babinda
182 min walk • Babinda State Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 65-85 Munro Street, Babinda, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Department of Public Works and built from 1916 to 1917 by day labour. It is also known as Babinda Hotel. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 22 February 2002.
5.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Clamshell Falls, Wooroonooran National Park
142 min walk • The Clamshell Falls is a cascade waterfall on the Behana Creek, located in Wooroonooran, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.
5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Kearneys Falls, Wooroonooran National Park
127 min walk • The Kearneys Falls is a cascade waterfall on a tributary of the Mulgrave River, in the Wooroonooran National Park, in the Goldsborough Valley of Far North region of Queensland, Australia.
4.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Whites Falls, Wooroonooran National Park
119 min walk • The Whites Falls, a waterfall on Behana Creek, is located in the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Wet Tropics in the Far North region of Queensland, Australia. The falls are situated above Clamshell Falls in the Wooroonooran National Park.
2.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Bellenden Ker Range, Wooroonooran National Park
59 min walk • The Bellenden Ker Range, also known as the Wooroonooran Range is a coastal mountain range in Far North Queensland, Australia. Part of the Great Dividing Range it is located between Gordonvale and Babinda.

Mount Bellenden Ker, Wooroonooran National Park

Facts and practical information

Wooroonooran National Park plan & book

Mount Bellenden Ker – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Devil's Pool, Babinda

Babinda State Hotel, Babinda

Clamshell Falls, Wooroonooran National Park

Kearneys Falls, Wooroonooran National Park

Whites Falls, Wooroonooran National Park

Bellenden Ker Range, Wooroonooran National Park