Conservation areas in Australia topics: National parks • Marine parks • Indigenous Protected Areas State/territory national parks: NSW • NT • Qld • SA • Tas. • Vic. • WA

Victoria is home to 45 national parks, showcasing the natural wonders of Victoria. Unlike other states, Victoria also has heritage parks, which protect areas of historic significance along with some state parks. The parks are managed by Parks Victoria.

National parks

Melbourne and Mornington Peninsula

• 1 Brisbane Ranges National Park
• 2 Churchill National Park
• 3 Dandenong Ranges National Park
• 4 Kinglake National Park
• 5 Mornington Peninsula National Park
• 6 Point Nepean National Park
• 7 Organ Pipes National Park

SW Coast

An aerial view of the tiny Port Campbell National Park

• 1 Budj Bim National Park – Victoria's only World Heritage park home to one of the world's oldest aquaculture systems
• 2 Cobboboonee National Park
• 3 Great Otway National Park
• 4 Lower Glenelg National Park
• 5 Mount Richmond National Park
• 6 Port Campbell National Park – you may not have heard of the park, but if you know Victoria well, you'd probably know the primary feature of the park – the 12 Apostles.

Wimmera and the Macedon Ranges

• 1 Grampians National Park
• 2 Kara Kara National Park
• 3 Little Desert National Park

Gippsland

• 1 Alfred National Park
• 2 Croajingolong National Park – a UNESCO biosphere reserve
• 3 French Island National Park
• 4 Lind National Park
• 5 Mitchell River National Park
• 6 Morwell National Park
• 7 Tarra-Bulga National Park
• 8 The Lakes National Park
• 9 Wilsons Promontory National Park – the southernmost point of the Australian mainland home to a large variety of landscapes. The park is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

Goldfields

• 1 Greater Bendigo National Park
• 2 Heathcote-Graytown National Park

High Country

• 1 Alpine National Park – Victoria's largest national park protecting about 6000 km² of pristine alpine landscapes
• 2 Baw Baw National Park
• 3 Burrowa-Pine Mountain National Park
• 4 Coopracambra National Park
• 5 Errinundra National Park
• 6 Lake Eildon National Park
• 7 Mount Buffalo National Park
• 8 Snowy River National Park
• 9 Yarra Ranges National Park – a small park but covered with some beautiful dense forests

Murray and Sunraysia

• 1 Barmah National Park
• 2 Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park
• 3 Gunbower National Park
• 4 Hattah-Kulkyne National Park
• 5 Lower Goulburn National Park
• 6 Murray Sunset National Park
• 7 Terrick National Park
• 8 Warby-Ovens National Park
• 9 Wyperfeld National Park

National heritage parks

• 1 Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park

Marine parks

There are 13 marine parks in Victoria.

• 1 Bunurong Marine National Park
• 2 Cape Howe Marine National Park
• 3 Churchill Island Marine National Park
• 4 Corner Inlet Marine National Park
• 5 Discovery Bay Marine National Park
• 6 French Island Marine National Park
• 7 Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park
• 8 Point Addis Marine National Park
• 9 Point Hicks Marine National Park
• 10 Twelve Apostles Marine National Park
• 11 Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park

Get in

If you're reading this after reading National parks in Australia § Get in, then fear not, with the exception of a few parks in High Country in the state's northeast, most national parks are easily accessible via major sealed/paved highways, some are even accessible via the state's extensive freeway system.

See also

• National parks in Australia
• Marine parks in Australia