Lifestyle & outdoors

Best Hiking Suburbs in Victoria

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

Parkville currently leads this Victoria 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	Parkville	100
#2	Myrtleford	95
#3	East Melbourne	87
#4	Langwarrin	86
#5	Lysterfield	84
#6	Endeavour Hills	84
#7	Viewbank	84
#8	Westmeadows	84
#9	Kangaroo Flat	83
#10	Buninyong	83
#11	Maryborough	83
#12	Templestowe	83
#13	Warrandyte	81
#14	Wonga Park	80
#15	Mount Martha	79
#16	The Basin	79
#17	Diamond Creek	79
#18	Albert Park	79
#19	Macleod	79
#20	Murray-sunset	78
#21	Castlemaine	78
#22	Wantirna	78
#23	Cranbourne	77
#24	Eltham	77
#25	Greenvale	76
#26	Melbourne	76
#27	Flowerdale	76
#28	Bundoora	75
#29	Smythesdale	75
#30	Whittlesea	74
#31	Keilor East	74
#32	Ouyen	74
#33	Avondale Heights	74
#34	Toolangi	74
#35	Hastings	74
#36	Yallambie	74
#37	Ararat	74
#38	Tallarook	73
#39	Park Orchards	73
#40	Kew	73
#41	Wantirna South	73
#42	West Wodonga	73
#43	Croydon North	73
#44	Bulleen	72
#45	Bruthen	72
#46	Frankston North	72
#47	Donvale	72
#48	Rowville	72
#49	Guildford	72
#50	Newtown	72

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 1:54 am AEST

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