Snake Island

Snake Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this island: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Snake Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Snake Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -41.68207, 145.67225. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Snake Island

• Lake Mackintosh · lake · West Coast · ~4 km · Must-see
• Mount Charter · viewpoint · Waratah-Wynyard · ~8 km · Must-see
• Lake Rosebery · lake · West Coast · ~12 km · Must-see
• Mount Black · viewpoint · West Coast · ~16 km · Must-see
• Mount Cripps · viewpoint · Waratah-Wynyard · ~17 km · Must-see
• Mount Murchison · viewpoint · West Coast · ~19 km · Must-see
• Lake Murchison · lake · West Coast · ~21 km · Must-see
• Mount Read · viewpoint · West Coast · ~26 km · Must-see
• Barn Bluff · viewpoint · West Coast · ~27 km · Must-see
• Lake Selina · lake · West Coast · ~28 km · Must-see
• Overland Track section 1 · trek · Kentish · ~29 km · Must-see
• Lake Westwood · lake · West Coast · ~29 km · Must-see
• Smithies Peak · viewpoint · Kentish · ~29 km · Must-see
• Montezuma Falls · waterfall · West Coast · ~30 km · Must-see
• Dove Lake · lake · Kentish · ~30 km · Must-see
• Mount Julia · viewpoint · West Coast · ~30 km · Must-see
• Artillery Knob · viewpoint · Meander Valley · ~32 km · Must-see
• Mount Tyndall · viewpoint · West Coast · ~36 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Snake Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Snake Island

• Entrance Island · river spot · West Coast · ~87 km
• Blythe River · river spot · Central Coast · ~88 km
• Bonnet Island · river spot · West Coast · ~88 km
• Cam River · river spot · City of Burnie · ~90 km
• Goat Island · river spot · Central Coast · ~90 km
• Three Sisters · river spot · Tasmania · ~91 km
• Arthur River · river spot · Circular Head · ~101 km
• Tasmania · river spot · Central Highlands · ~105 km
• Egg Island · river spot · Latrobe · ~108 km
• Sisters Island · river spot · Waratah-Wynyard · ~109 km

All rivers, islands & mangroves in Tasmania

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