Lifestyle & outdoors

Best Hiking Suburbs in Queensland

Suburbs near trails, national parks and extensive green space — ideal for bushwalking and outdoor recreation.

Mount Nathan currently leads this Queensland list. Suburbs near trails, national parks and extensive green space — ideal for bushwalking and outdoor recreation. The index is relative to this list (100 = the top suburb here), not an overall suburb rating. Very small localities can rank highly when nearby services score well — check population and housing on each profile before treating a rank as a place to live.

Rank	Suburb	Index
#1	Mount Nathan	100
#2	Coombabah	97
#3	Ferny Hills	96
#4	Springfield	94
#5	Lower Beechmont	94
#6	Mooroobool	92
#7	Trinity Beach	92
#8	Mount Lofty	90
#9	New Beith	89
#10	Parkinson	88
#11	Earlville	87
#12	McDowall	87
#13	Yarrabilba	85
#14	Maryborough	84
#15	Slade Point	84
#16	Holmview	84
#17	Mountain Creek	84
#18	Redland Bay	84
#19	Wakerley	84
#20	Bahrs Scrub	84
#21	Clagiraba	83
#22	Carindale	83
#23	Tewantin	83
#24	Redbank Plains	83
#25	Helensvale	83
#26	Kearneys Spring	82
#27	Little Mountain	81
#28	Currumbin	81
#29	Wishart	80
#30	Boreen Point	80
#31	Coomera	79
#32	Glen Eden	79
#33	Mareeba	78
#34	Molendinar	78
#35	Brisbane City	78
#36	Boondall	78
#37	Middle Ridge	77
#38	Nudgee	77
#39	Kuraby	77
#40	Burpengary	77
#41	Maleny	76
#42	Corinda	76
#43	Burleigh Heads	76
#44	Redlynch	76
#45	Tugun	75
#46	Upper Coomera	75
#47	Holloways Beach	75
#48	Prince Henry Heights	75
#49	Southport	75
#50	Springfield Lakes	75

Index shows relative strength within this list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader, not an overall suburb rating.

Best Hiking Suburbs in Queensland

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