About this place

Stokes Inlet is located at the southernmost point of Stokes Inlet Road and provides access to Stokes Inlet Mouth.

Visitors can also launch their boats from here or enjoy fishing for black bream and King George whiting. The Stokes Heritage Walk Trail connects the Inlet with Benwenerup Campground.

You must bring enough drinking water for your needs as there is none available in the park. Please remove your rubbish as there are no bins in this park. Fires are not permitted.

Click here to see Stokes Inlet Picnic area and along the Heritage Trail to Benwenerup Campground on Google Street View.

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Safety information

Plan when to visit. Consider travelling with a personal location beacon (PLB). In the event you need to be rescued it could save your life!

Gallery

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Paperbark trees growing on the shoreline of Stokes Inlet with sunbeams shining through the clouds
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Paperbark trees growing on the shoreline of Stokes Inlet

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Wooden lookout deck with a view over Stokes Inlet
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This lookout is a short walk along the Stokes Heritage Trail from the Stokes Inlet day use area.

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Stokes Inlet
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Picnic benches in undercover area with a view of the water at Stokes Inlet
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Undercover picnic area with benches, bbq and sink facilities

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Undercover picnic area with benches, sink and bbq facilities at Stokes Inlet
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The top of the wooden staircase down from the Stokes Heritage Trail to the Stokes Inlet day use area with a view of the inlet on a cloudy day
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The staircase down from the Stokes Heritage Trail to the Stokes Inlet day use area

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View of Stokes Inlet over the tops of bushes from the top of the staircase that leads down to the Stokes Inlet day use area from the Heritage Walk Trail
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A view of Stokes Inlet from the top of the staircase that leads down to the Stokes Inlet day use area from the Heritage Walk Trail

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Salt water paperbark trees along the shoreline of Stokes Inlet
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Salt water paperbark trees

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Gravel carpark with low-sloping kerb at the Stokes Inlet day use area viewed from under bushes at the end of the Stokes Heritage Walk Trail
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The gravel carpark at the Stokes Inlet day use area

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Wheelchair accessible toilet block next to the carpark at the Stokes Inlet day use area
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Stokes Inlet shoreline
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The white sandy shoreline of Stokes Inlet with a tangle of paperbark trees growing on the water's edge
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Access to the Stokes Heritage Trail from the Stokes Inlet day use area, as viewed from the gravel carpark.
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Access to the Stokes Heritage Trail from the Stokes Inlet day use area. The walk trail leads to Benwenerup Campground.

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wooden staircase on the Stokes Heritage Walk Trail near where it leaves the Stokes Inlet day use area
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Staircase up to the Heritage Trail near where the trail leaves the Stokes Inlet day use carpark.

Facilities

Barbecue

Toilet

Activities

Bushwalking

Canoeing and kayaking

Fishing

Picnicking

Swimming

Plants, wildlife and fungi

Visit the Atlas of Living Australia for a list of species recorded within a 5km radius of Stokes Inlet Picnic Area.

Traditional Owners

We recognise and acknowledge Wudjari people as the traditional owners of Stokes National Park.