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An online visitor's guide to Western Australia's parks, reserves and other recreation areas.

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    Photograph showing Frenchman Peak
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    Photograph of a Banksia flower
  • Map of the Cape Le Grand area
    Map of the Cape Le Grand area
Nearest Town:
via Esperance
Western Australia, 6450
Entry Fee: AUD $ 10.00
Introduction:

Wild coastal scenery, rugged granite peaks, and sweeping heathlands characterise Cape Le Grand National Park. Popular features in the park include attractive bays with wide sandy beaches set between rocky headlands.

Inland, the park protects an undulating heath-covered sandplain, interspersed with swamps and freshwater pools. In the south-west corner of the park, massive rock outcrops of granite and gneiss form an impressive chain of peaks including Mt Le Grand (345 m), Frenchman Peak (262 m) and Mississippi Hill (180 m).

The peaks of the park's south-west corner are the result of erosion and movements in the Earth's crust over the past 600 million years. During the Eocene