Bates Dam Historic Walk is a Parks Victoria walk in Victoria’s High Country, 5.0 km W of Stanley.
- Walk · 0.3 km return · 5 min · Grade 2.2
This short historic walk of about 100 metres is suitable for young families, although parents need to be mindful of the steep escarpment beyond the barriers. The area is recovering from being burnt in the Beechworth-Library Road bushfire of 2009. This short walk through mixed species eucalypt forest leads to a lookout over an old mining area, with a steam boiler associated with eucalypt oil extraction of later years to be seen. You return along the same track.
No experience required · Formed track · Flat · No steps · Sign posted
Getting there
From Beechworth head approx. 7 km south along the Buckland Gap Rd (towards Myrtleford/Gapsted) until you reach the Buckland Gap. Head East onto Lady Newton Drive for 250m then onto Jensens Tk. Bates Dam is well sign posted once on Lady Newton Drive.
Track closures nearby
Live from Vicmap. Closures change often — check Parks Victoria before you travel.
Nearby
- Bates Dam Picnic area · 23 m SE
- Murmungee Lookout Picnic area · 1.5 km SE
- Murmungee Lookout Lookout · 1.5 km SE
- Clark Corner Picnic area · 2.6 km E
- Stanley Town · 5.0 km E
- Newtown Falls and Newtown Bridge Lookout · 5.2 km N
- Lake Sambell Lake · 5.5 km N
- Beechworth Town · 5.7 km N
Details: Parks Victoria via DataVic (CC BY 4.0). Spotted something out of date? Opening hours and conditions change — always check before you travel.