Editing Mapleton Falls National Park

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = protected
| name                   = Mapleton Falls National Park
| state                  = qld
| iucn_category          = II
| image                  = Mapleton Falls National Park.jpg
| caption                = Mapleton Falls National Park, February 2015
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| nearest_town_or_city   = Mapleton, Queensland
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| established            = 1973
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| managing_authorities   = [[Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service]]
| url                    = http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/mapleton-falls/index.html
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'''Mapleton Falls''' is a [[national park]] near the town of [[Mapleton, Queensland|Mapleton]] on the [[Blackall Range]] in [[South East Queensland]], Australia, {{Convert|95|km}} north of [[Brisbane]].  The falls are part of Pencil Creek and drop {{Convert|120|m}}.<ref name="amf">{{cite web |url=http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/mapleton-falls/about.html |title=About Mapleton Falls |date=13 June 2012 |publisher=Department of Environment and Resource Management |access-date=19 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206005650/http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/mapleton-falls/about.html |archive-date=6 February 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The waterfall became a forest reserve in 1938 and then in 1973 it was declared a national park.<ref name="heritage">{{Cite book |title=Heritage Trails of the Great South East |last=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |author-link=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |year=2000 |publisher=State of Queensland |isbn=0-7345-1008-X |pages=134 }}</ref>

Section 2 of the [[Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk]], a rugged long-distance walking track, passes through the park.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Department of Environment and Science |first= |date=2010-01-15 |title=Walking {{!}} Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk |url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/great-walks-sunshine-coast/walking |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Parks and forests {{!}} Department of Environment and Science, Queensland |publisher=[[Queensland Government]] |language=en-AU}}</ref>  There are a number of smaller walks as well.<ref name="amf"/>

==See also==
{{Portal|Queensland}}
* [[Protected areas of Queensland]]
* [[List of long-distance hiking tracks in Australia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/mapleton-forest/index.html Mapleton Falls National Park]

{{South East Queensland}}
{{National Parks of Queensland}}

[[Category:National parks on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland]]
[[Category:National parks of South East Queensland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1973]]
[[Category:1973 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Hiking and bushwalking tracks in Queensland]]