Upper Stone: Trails and Nature in the Girringun Travel Area

Upper Stone offers travelers several distinct points of interest in the wider travel area: the landscapes of Girringun National Park, the trail near Mount Fox and the route to Raspberry Falls. These call for different kinds of planning. In the national park, habitats, landforms and wildlife shape the landscape; near Mount Fox, trail length and condition matter; and the Raspberry Falls route includes several named roads. If you are planning a stay in Upper Stone, you can start by considering which landscape or outing you would like to make the focus of your trip.

Nature in Girringun National Park

Girringun National Park lies in the wider travel area around Upper Stone. It has extensive areas of wet forest and rainforest, as well as open woodland and scrubland. Granite ridges and several waterfalls are set within these landscapes. Wildlife includes turtles, fish, cassowaries and numerous waterbirds. The different habitats and landforms give the park a diverse natural profile: forest, open terrain, rocky ridges and waterfalls sit side by side.

Trail near Mount Fox

Near Upper Stone, a two-kilometre return trail near Mount Fox leads to the crater rim. The trail is rated difficult and is neither marked nor maintained. Its length is therefore only one part of what you need to know: the difficulty rating and trail condition are also important when planning. The trail may be closed during the wet season, and additional closures by the responsible authority are also possible. Check the current trail status before visiting rather than basing your plans on trail length alone.

The drive to Raspberry Falls

A different kind of guidance is provided for Raspberry Falls. A route description published on 24 February 2020 leads from Ingham along Stone River Road toward Mount Fox, then via Oak Hills Road to Lannercost State Forest, and finally along the unsealed Western Raspberry Break. The sequence of road names makes clear which route the directions describe. This differs from the Mount Fox option, for which a specific walking distance and difficulty rating are given.

The route description dates from 2020; road surfaces and access conditions may have changed. So check current information on road conditions and access before driving. This lets you use the described route as a guide without treating historical directions as a guarantee of current conditions.

A dated event in Upper Stone

The historic Upper Stone QCWA Hall is also connected with a specific travel occasion. On 27 and 28 March 2026, a total of 400 people gathered there for the first Sooty Grunter Fishing Classic. A report about the event was published on 25 May 2026. This clearly dated retrospective adds a past event in Upper Stone to the nature and outing themes and helps place the occasion in time.

Travel interests and hotel search

The topics offer different kinds of guidance—from habitats and wildlife to a specified trail distance and a sequence of roads. This makes it possible to connect your hotel search with the outings that actually matter for your trip.

For the wider travel overview: Hinchinbrook Shire.