This page will be used to list temporary closures of the trail.
Not listed here will be closures that occur each fire danger season.
Also not listed here will be closures due to forestry operations – they generally involve short, temporary re-routes of the trail rather than closures.
To check for any closures of parks click here.
To check for closures of forestry areas click here.
Parsons Beach & Waitpinga Beach – Section 4 – OPEN
As of 10/4 National Parks have announced that Waitpinga and Parsons beach are open.
The threats posed by microalgal blooms does however remain…
SA Health advises beach visitors to:
* Avoid swimming and surfing in discoloured water and foam.
* Wash in clean water if you come into contact with discoloured water.
(This entry created 10/4/2025)
Wapma Thura – Southern Flinders Ranges NP – Sections 39 & 40 – November 2025.
The Wapma Thura – Southern Flinders Ranges National Park will be closed for a pest control program from 6am Monday 28th April 2025 until 6pm Friday, 2nd May 2025.
A closure is also planned from 6am, 3 November to 6pm, 7 November 2025.
The area closed includes Bluff Lookout, Telowie Gorge, Nelshaby Gorge and Napperby Gorge.
For more information contact the National Parks and Wildlife Service on (08) 8841 3400.
(This entry last updated 11/4/2025)
Mount Remarkable National Park – Sections 43 & 44 – Open from April 17
The Heysen Trail will re-open from 17 April.
Walkers should exercise caution as the burnt areas may be slippery, damaged trees in spots and the Trail is harder to locate visually.
Thru-hikers note that Stony Creek walk-in site infrastructure was damaged so there is currently no water or camping – please stay and resupply in Wilmington.
(This update was created 13/4/2025)
Mount Brown CP – Section 46 – November 2025
The Mount Brown Conservation Park will be closed for a pest control program from 6am 8 November to 2pm 14 November 2025.
For more information contact the National Parks and Wildlife Service on (08) 8841 3400.
(This entry updated 22/3/2025)
Dutchmans Stern CP – Sections 48 & 49 – November 2025
The Dutchmans Stern Conservation Park will be closed for a pest control program from 6am 8 November to 2pm 14 November 2025.
For more information contact the National Parks and Wildlife Service on (08) 8841 3400.
(This entry updated 22/3/2025)
Buckaringa – Sections 51 & 52 – May, August & September/October
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy conducts regular programs to control feral animals in the Buckaringa Sanctuary.
When these take place the section of the Heysen Trail passing through the sanctuary is closed.
The first closures for the year will be from evening of Wednesday 21st May 2025 to evening Sunday 25th May 2025 inclusive.
Another closure is planned from the evening of Friday August 1 through to the evening of Wednesday August 6th 2025.
Further closures are planned for late September/early October 2025.
To bypass the closure south-bound walkers should leave the trail just after the Buckaringa North campsite to follow the Buckaringa Scenic Drive south to join the Arden Vale Road … and to rejoin the trail via Warren Gorge.
(This entry updated 12/5/2025)