Mount Cook National Park, Australia
Mount Cook National Park is a protected area in the locality of Cooktown, in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.
Geography
The national park is immediately south of the town of Cooktown.
The terrain ranges from 0 to 431 metres (0 to 1,414 ft) above sea level. The mountain Mount Cook is in the east of the national park (15°29′26″S 145°15′51″E / 15.4906°S 145.2642°E). Also known as Gore Mount, it rises 431 metres (1,414 ft) above sea level, the highest point in the national park.
It is 1,554 km (966 mi) north-west of Brisbane. It was established in 1970 and is managed by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
Within this National Park is a difficult walking track that is six kilometres (3.7 mi) return to the summit of Mount Cook.
