Can you drive up Mount Meharry?

Can you drive up Mount Meharry?

Yes you can still drive to the summit of Mt Meharry (the highest peak in WA) provided you have the appropriate vehicle to do so. Shortest route is via the Great Northern Highway south of Auski Roadhouse and you have to ignore the ‘Authorised Vehicles Only Keep Out’ sign on the gate.

How long does it take to climb Mt Meharry?

I climbed the steep 4WD track, a 380 metre ascent, but an easy one. 45 minutes to the peak, a cairn marking the summit.

Can you climb Mt Meharry?

To climb Mt Meharry in Western Australia’s Pilbara region is easy enough. A ramble of 11 kilometres will take you to its 1253 metre summit and back.

What is the highest point in WA?

Mountains

• Highest: Mount Meharry, 1253 metres (Hamersley Range – the 20 highest peaks in WA are in the Hamersley Range)
• Highest in Kimberley: Mount Wells, 983 metres.
• Highest in desert region: Mount Hinckley, 1013 metres.
• Highest in south west: Bluff Knoll, 1073 metres.

How do I get to Mt Meharry?

The summit of Mt Meharry can be reached from the Great Northern Highway via an unsealed road 16 km (9.9 mi) in length and a vehicular track 21 kilometres (13 mi) in length. Permission should be sought from the managers of the land over which the road and track pass.

How tall is Mt Meharry?

4,098′
Mount Meharry/Elevation

What is Western Australia’s fauna emblem?

The Numbat
The Numbat was proclaimed the animal emblem of Western Australia on 25 July 1973.

How tall is Mount Woodroffe?

4,708′
Mount Woodroffe/Elevation

highest point in the state, Mount Woodroffe, in the Musgrave Ranges of the northwest interior, rises to only 4,708 feet (1,435 metres).

How high is Mt Nameless?

3,602′
Mount Nameless/Jarndunmunha/Elevation

How tall is Mt Nameless?

Where is Mount Meharry located?

It is located in the Hamersley Range within the southeastern part of Karijini National Park in the Pilbara region, approximately 86 kilometres (53 mi) from Wittenoom, and 87 kilometres (54 mi) from Tom Price. The Pandjima peoples are the traditional owners of the area. The indigenous name for Mount Meharry is Wirlbiwirlbi.

Is Mount Meharry the highest peak in Western Australia?

Tom Meharry directed the survey party and performed the calculations that confirmed the mountain was the highest peak in Western Australia, being 15 m (49 ft) higher than Mount Bruce which lies 62 km northwest of Mount Meharry.

How hard is it to climb Mount Meharry?

To climb Mt Meharry in Western Australia’s Pilbara region is easy enough. A ramble of 11 kilometres will take you to its 1253 metre summit and back. A mere day walk for local Pilbara peakbaggers. But for this party of blow-ins from the east coast, the logistics of accessing Meharry were a bit more complicated.

What is the height of Meharry?

This survey cairn was constructed in September 2013 as a tribute to all surveyors who have explored and mapped the magnificent Western Australian outback. Geoscience Australia gives the height of Meharry as 1253 metres, not 1250 metres as per the plaque or the 1248 metres on the summit signpost.