Glass House Mountains National Park
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Glass House Mountains National Park Queensland |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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 Glass House Mountains National Park
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| Nearest town or city | Brisbane |
| Coordinates | 26°50′51″S 152°57′15″E / 26.84750°S 152.95417°ECoordinates: 26°50′51″S 152°57′15″E / 26.84750°S 152.95417°E |
| Established | 1994 |
| Managing authorities | Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Website | Glass House Mountains National Park |
| See also | Protected areas of Queensland |
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 Location of Glass House Mountains National Park in Queensland
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| Location | Glass House Mountains, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 26°55′48″S 152°55′02″E / 26.93°S 152.9172°E |
| Official name: Glass House Mountains National Park and Beerburrum Forest Reserve 1 | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape) |
| Designated | 3 May 2007 |
| Reference no. | 602494 |
| Significant period | early Tertiary Period - present |
Glass House Mountains National Park is a heritage-listed national park at Glass House Mountains, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Beerburrum Forest Reserve 1. It is 70 km (43 mi) north of Brisbane and consists of a flat plain punctuated by rhyolite and trachyte volcanic plugs, the cores of extinct volcanoes that formed 27 million to 26 million years ago. The mountains would once have had pyroclastic exteriors, but these have eroded away.
The national park was established in 1994. On 23 June 2010 the Queensland Government announced the expansion of the park to include an additional 2,117 hectares. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 3 May 2007.
Camp grounds are available at Glass House Mountains township and Coochin Creek, west of Beerwah. Lookouts have been built at several of the summits. Walking tracks allow access to the summits of Mount Beerwah, Mount Tibrogargan and Mount Ngungun. Access is via the Steve Irwin Way exit from the Bruce Highway.
The Glass House Mountains are one of southeast Queensland's most impressive landmarks. They are situated 65 - 75 kilometres north of Brisbane and are a group of steep sided plugs of trachyte and rhyolite, once within volcanoes active in the early Tertiary Period. They have been exposed by wind and water erosion of the softer material of the cones and surrounding area and now rise dramatically from the flat coastal plain.
The mountains are central to the creation myths of the region and their spiritual and social importance and links to Indigenous people continues to this day.
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