Mt Jerusalem, Walls of Jerusalem

Getting there

Start at Lake Rowallan car park, accessed via Mersey Forest Road from Sheffield / Mole Creek. Last section of road is gravel but 2WD is fine.

Maps

TASMAP Walls of Jerusalem NP (1:25,000)

Route/Trail notes

The trail climbs steadily up past Trappers Hut for the first 3.6km, before continuing across a plateau which has a number of picturesque lakes. The track then crosses the valley formed by the Wild Dog Creek before ascending through "Herods Gate" and into the Walls of Jerusalem area. It's fairly flat all the way to Dixons Kingdom Hut, but there are optional side-trips to two peaks (Solomons Throne and The Temple). The track ascends agan up to Mt Jerusalem, which lies beyond Dixons Kingdom Hut.

Permits/Costs

As the area is a national park, walkers must have a Park Pass. No bookings are required to walk or camp in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park.

Other References

https://hikingtheworld.blog/2018/09/23/walls-of-jerusalem-hike-to-dixons-hut/

GPS Tracks

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Comments

Walked to Dixons campsite, spent the night and did Mt Jerusalem and Solomons throne the next morning before hiking to Lake Adelaide, spending another night and hiking out. Beautiful, was cold in the mornings but we were very lucky with the weather. Hardest part of this hike is the first day, I think it was 900m elevation with full packs!
Sonja Wentzel on 6 Feb, 2024

We are wanting to do this walk but need to be transferred from Launceston without hiring a car and leaving it there two days. Anyone know of a service? Thanks
Kez on 16 Dec, 2023

This is a very remote walk. Access to the carpark is down a gravel forestry road, about an hour from the nearest town of Mole Creek. The road is signed so way to follow.

From the carpark it's 1-2 hours to Trappers hut up a rough (but easy to follow) inclined track. From there it's maybe another 1-2 hours across a level track past beautiful lakes, tarns and alpine forest to the Wild Dog Creek camp site. The site has wood camping platforms and a long drop toilet. Bring extra rope to tie down the tent since you can't stake it with pegs.

The easiest way to do the Walls is to spend Day 2 as a day trip inside the Walls, leaving your heavy bag at the campsite. You can see all the main sights in a day. I think you can camp at Dixon's Kingdom in the walls but it is discouraged.

Walk out on day 3.

Be prepared for rough weather up there. Snow occurs all year round apparently and gales are pretty normal.
David on 22 Oct, 2021

Began the ascent to mount Jerusalem at around 6pm from Dixon's Kingdom campground. Had great weather and excellent views. Was lucky to spot a wedge tail at the summit. Took around 2 hours return from campsite. Also went up Solomon's throne on the return journey. Quite fun but not that difficult scramble.
JayWalker on 6 Jan, 2020

Did couple of the side-peaks, but not Mt Jerusalem as the weather was poor. Deep snow on Solomons Throne and snow oover most if the track between the Solomons Throne/Temple side-trails and Dixons Kingdom Hut.

https://hikingtheworld.blog/2018/09/23/walls-of-jerusalem-hike-to-dixons-hut/
Oliver Descoeudres on 23 Sep, 2018

Our third hike into the area with a young couple from the UK. They had just completed the Patagonia hike in South America, so they were used to the cold. We spent 3 days retracing our previous trip, and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. We had a dusting of snow on the hike in, and had one of our coldest nights ever at Dixon's Kingdom where the overnight temperature dropped to -7. This is still one of my favorite walks.
Brian on 20 Jun, 2016

Second time on this walk.

We picked this time of the year as the Scoparia was in full bloom and to say we were "gob smacked" is an understatement. Once we entered through Herods Gate, the whole valley was ablaze with white, yellow, orange, red and brown Scoparia flowers for as far as we could see. We spent the whole day wandering casually through the valley up to Dixon's Kingdom and overnighted in the hut. The next day we climbed Mt Jerusalem to look down on the valley. It is hard to describe the blaze of colors from the flowers with the blue/brown/green colors of the lakes and tarns mixed in. Again, we were speechless. We decided to stay another night, and slowly and reluctantly we walked out the next day.
Brian on 10 Jan, 2016

We did this walk as a 3 day/2 night walk. We walked into Lake Adelaide (9.6km) and stayed there overnight. Beautiful sunset over the lake from our camp. The next day we walked to Dixons Kingdom and camped behind the old hut as there were people already in the hut. Walked out the next day through the gates. Fantastic scenery and will be back for sure.
Brian on 10 Apr, 2015

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