Lifestyle & outdoors

Best Hiking Suburbs in Tasmania

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

Howrah currently leads this Tasmania 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	Howrah	100
#2	Trevallyn	89
#3	Kingston	81
#4	George Town	81
#5	Summerhill	77
#6	Campbell Town	75
#7	Sandy Bay	74
#8	Shorewell Park	74
#9	West Ulverstone	74
#10	Glenorchy	73
#11	Prospect Vale	73
#12	Bagdad	72
#13	Latrobe	71
#14	Legana	70
#15	Lanena	70
#16	Riverside	69
#17	St Leonards	68
#18	Golden Valley	67
#19	Colebrook	67
#20	Mornington	67
#21	Mangalore	66
#22	Currie	65
#23	Acacia Hills	65
#24	Hadspen	65
#25	Seven Mile Beach	64
#26	Havenview	64
#27	West Launceston	63
#28	Queens Domain	63
#29	Ravenswood	62
#30	Hobart	62
#31	Pipers River	60
#32	Bridgenorth	59
#33	Invermay	59
#34	South Hobart	59
#35	Punchbowl	59
#36	Austins Ferry	58
#37	Campania	58
#38	Westbury	58
#39	Kings Meadows	58
#40	Evandale	58
#41	Newnham	58
#42	Warrane	57
#43	Kempton	56
#44	Hawley Beach	56
#45	Somerset	56
#46	Prospect	55
#47	Tugrah	55
#48	Battery Point	55
#49	Ross	55
#50	Richmond	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.

Best Hiking Suburbs in Tasmania

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