Pinnacles car park to Long Beach

Download & Print Map and Notes

20 mins

702 m Return

49 m

Hard track
This short walk takes you straight down to Long Beach, which is a popular fishing spot. The beach itself is a large expanse of sand with strong surf conditions. The walk provides direct access to this great beach and heads through a pass, down through a steep gully with red and white rock walls.

Maps for the Pinnacles car park to Long Beach walk

You can download the PDF for this walk to print a map.
These maps below cover the walk and the wider area around the walk, they are worth carrying for safety reasons.
Pambula 1:25 000 Map Series 88242S PAMBULA NSW-88242S
Bega 1:100 000 Map Series 8824 BEGA 8824

Cross sectional view of the Pinnacles car park to Long Beach bushwalking track

Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Pinnacles car park to Long Beach

Overview of this walks grade – based on the AS 2156.1 – 2001

Under this standard, a walk is graded based on the most difficult section of the walk.

Length 702 m
Time 20 mins
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Grade 4/6



Hard track
AS 2156.1 Gradient Very steep (4/6)
Quality of track Formed track, with some branches and other obstacles (3/6)
Signs Minimal directional signs (4/6)
Experience Required No experience required (1/6)
Weather Weather generally has little impact on safety (1/6)
Infrastructure Limited facilities, not all cliffs are fenced (3/6)

Some more details of this walks Grading

Here is a bit more details explaining grading looking at sections of the walk

Gradient

Around 240m of this walk is very steep, whilst the remaining 110m has short steep hills.

Quality of track

This whole walk, 350m follows a formed track, with some branches and other obstacles.

Signs

Around 240m of this walk has minimal directional signs, whilst the remaining 110m has directional signs at most intersection.

Experience Required

This whole walk, 350m requires no previous bushwalking experience.

weather

This whole walk, 350m is not usually affected by severe weather events (that would unexpectedly impact safety and navigation).

Infrastructure

This whole walk, 350m has limited facilities (such as not all cliffs fenced).

Similar walks

A list of walks that share part of the track with the Pinnacles car park to Long Beach walk.

Other Nearby walks

A list of walks that start near the Pinnacles car park to Long Beach walk.

Plan your trip to and from the walk here

The Pinnacles car park to Long Beach walk starts and ends at the Pinnacles car park (gps: -36.987944, 149.9233)
Your main transport option to Pinnacles car park is by;
Car. There is free parking available.
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Fire Danger

Each park may have its own fire ban, this rating is only valid for today and is based on information from the RFS Please check the RFS Website for more information.

Weather Forest

This walk starts in the South Coast weather district always check the formal BOM forecast or pdf before starting your walk.

Forecast snapshot

Park Information & Alerts

Comments

 


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Gallery images
There are other downloads I am still working on.
You will probably need to login to access these — still all free.
* KML (google earth file)
* GPX (GPS file)

Special Maps/ brochures
* A3 topo maps
* PDF with Lands Topo map base
* PDF with arial image (and map overlay)
I wanted to get the main site live first, this extra stuff will come in time.
Happy walking
Matt 🙂