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Best Hiking Suburbs in South Australia

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

Montacute currently leads this South Australia 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	Montacute	100
#2	Craigburn Farm	100
#3	Vista	99
#4	Mount Burr	98
#5	Woodforde	94
#6	Marion Bay	93
#7	Tea Tree Gully	88
#8	Tantanoola	85
#9	Mount George	79
#10	Bellevue Heights	72
#11	Flagstaff Hill	69
#12	Pinnaroo	68
#13	Basket Range	68
#14	Crafers West	67
#15	Athelstone	66
#16	Cape Borda	66
#17	D'Estrees Bay	66
#18	Flinders Chase	66
#19	Karatta	66
#20	Ngarkat	66
#21	Seal Bay	66
#22	Horsnell Gully	66
#23	Hackney	66
#24	Napperby	66
#25	Happy Valley	65
#26	Compton	65
#27	Mitcham	64
#28	Waitpinga	64
#29	Longwood	64
#30	Coffin Bay	63
#31	Penneshaw	62
#32	Brown Beach	61
#33	De Mole River	61
#34	Dudley West	61
#35	Gosse	61
#36	Hambidge	61
#37	Porky Flat	61
#38	Stun'Sail Boom	61
#39	Western River	61
#40	Willson River	61
#41	Blackwood	60
#42	Bedford Park	60
#43	Greenhill	60
#44	Mil-Lel	59
#45	Duck Ponds	59
#46	Stonyfell	58
#47	Uley	58
#48	Antechamber Bay	56
#49	Glenburnie	56
#50	Sapphiretown	55

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.

Last updated 4 October 2026 at 1:24 am ACST

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