Forty per cent of Tasmania is protected in national parks and reserves. This includes the Southwest, Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers, Walls of Jerusalem, Mole Creek Karst and Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair national parks, which together make up the world’s last temperate wilderness, the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

As well as managing Tasmania’s national parks and World Heritage Areas, the State’s Parks and Wildlife Service is responsible for many reserves. Many other areas of great natural appeal are managed by Forestry Tasmania as forestry reserves, where you can ride a bike, bushwalk, camp, or even walk the dog.

We also have marine reserves, where Tasmania’s delicate and beautiful underwater environment is preserved for the future.

Tasmania has more than 2,000 kilometres of world-class walking tracks, thousands of highland lakes and tarns, hundreds of clean ocean beaches, extensive underground caverns, more than 300 large and small islands both remote and accessible, and enough peaks and crags to keep the keenest walkers and climbers busy for a lifetime.

You will be astounded at the beauty and diversity of the landscapes and habitats Tasmania’s national parks protect. There are 19 national parks, 17 of which are accessible. To find out where our national parks are found, check the Interactive Map.

Parks Passes are required to visit Tasmania's national parks, with the money raised contributing directly to the protection and management of the parks themselves.

Many parks have contemporary visitor centres where you can find out more about each park's wildlife, history and geology, buy Parks Passes, books, maps and refreshments, and pick up details of activities for adults and children offered by the Summer Rangers Program.

Ben Lomond National Park - north-east

Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park - north-west

Douglas Apsley National Park - east coast

Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park - west coast

Freycinet National Park - east coast

Hartz Mountains National Park - south-east

Maria Island National Park - east coast

Mole Creek Karst National Park - north-west

Mount Field National Park - south-west

Mount William National Park - north-east

Narawntapu National Park - north coast

Rocky Cape National Park - north-west

South Bruny National Park - south Bruny Island

Southwest National Park - south-west

Strzelecki National Park - Flinders Island

Tasman National Park - south-east

Walls of Jerusalem National Park - north-west

Tasmania’s Park Reserves

As well as our 19 national parks (Deal Island, in Bass Strait, and Savage River National Park are inaccessible), Parks and Wildlife manages more than 420 other reserves. Each offers a different experience and many are there to protect rare or endangered species of plants and animals.

You do not have to pay National Park Fees to visit a reserve. Dogs and other pets are not allowed in most reserves.

It is not unusual for a Parks and Wildlife reserve to be approached on roads that pass through Forestry Tasmania reserves or working forests. However, the conservation values of the reserves themselves are strictly enforced within their boundaries, in accordance with the level of protection conferred by their specific classification.

Select Southern Tasmanian Reserves

Bruny Island Neck Game Reserve
Recherche Bay State Reserve

Select North West Tasmanian Reserves

Central Plateau Conservation Area
Tarkine Reserve

Select Northern Tasmanian Reserves

Liffey Falls State Reserve
Tamar River Conservation Area
Mount Barrow State Reserve
Notley Gorge State Reserve

Select North East Tasmanian Reserves

Bay of Fires Conservation Area
St Columba Falls State Reserve
Humbug Point State Reserve
St Helens Point State Reserve