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Ballarat-Skipton Rail Trail
West, VIC
At a Glance
About the Ballarat-Skipton Rail Trail
This is a high-standard trail with the historic towns of Smythesdale, Scarsdale, Linton and Skipton providing points of interest along the way
This trail has a good range of facilities for users and the surface is predominantly crushed granite. It has three easy sections:
Ballarat to Smythesdale (20km): From the outskirts of Ballarat, west of Lake Wendouree, downhill to Smythesdale
Smythesdale to Linton (17km): Continuing downhill, the trail crosses historic goldfields and native grasslands
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Fuel(5)
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Ballarat Eureka Stockade Caravan Park
$? · 2.1km
Smythesdale Dump Point
Free · 17.6km
Bottle Museum
Free · 30.6km
Clunes Dump Point
Free · 30.6km
Jubilee Lake Caravan Park
caravan-park · 33.4km
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State Forests(5)
National Parks(5)
Howitt Street Trig Station Natural Features Reserve
Nature Reserve · 2.3km
Ballarat North Bushland Reserve
Nature Reserve · 3.8km
Woowookarung Regional Park
Nature Reserve · 4.5km
Flax Mill Swamp Wildlife Reserve (no hunting)
Nature Reserve · 5.3km
Ploughmans Arms Wetlands
Nature Reserve · 5.9km