see also:

• Mansfield region campgrounds
• Tolmie recreation reserve
• non-commercial camp grounds for tents 2-4 hours from Melbourne
• photography and camping main index page

• Mount Samaria is a rather remote forested mountain range north of Mansfield and has just one main road - a generally well graded gravel winding Mt Samaria Rd which runs roughly north-south and is NOT suitable for caravans or large vans
• there are various camping and hiking options with minimal facilities (drop toilets, fire pits and picnic tables)
• to the west of the range is the north-south aligned Nillacootie Dam
• to the east are a number of north-south aligned ranges towards Tolmie and culminating in the King Valley

• the most southern part is the Blue Range picnic and camping area
  • 14min, 14km north of Mansfield
  • 20min, 19km west of Tolmie recreation reserve
  • ~2hrs 40min and around 200km NE of the NW suburbs of Melbourne
• the first main stop on the northern part is Samaria Lookout
  • 35min, 20km north of Blue Range picnic and camping area
  • 20min, 18km SE of Swanpool
  • 24min, 23km SW of Tatong Tavern
  • 35min, 38km SSE of Benalla

• Spring Creek Sawmill & Kiln Ruins Camp and Day Visitor Area
  • this is a nice forest camp with toilets and start point for some bushwalks eg. up to the summit
  • the best camp I found on Mt Samaria (ps. did not find Wild Dog or Camphora camp to compare)
• Blue Range Camping and Picnic Area
  • offers a small, basic camp site of 3 fire pits - personally I would probably skip this one
  • Toilet facilities are across the road in the picnic area which is quite nice and next to a nice stream (Blue Range Creek) which flows after rains
  • 20km, 20min to the west via Bridge Creek
  • elevation 400m
• Camphora campground Mt Samaria
  • 32km, 41min via Blue Range camp ground
  • elevation 830m
  • just a roundabout around a tree at the end of a gravel side road with room perhaps for one tent, no toilets, no walks, no water - skip it
  • hmmm… maybe I missed something - and only saw the roundabout and not the 150m walk-in campground?
• Wild Dog camping area
  • missed this one too

from north to south along Mt Samaria Rd:

Mt Samaria lookout tiny roadside bushcamp with a southerly view on a sharp bend	Nearby walk to summit

Next option to walk to summit	Spring Creek sawmill camp ground
Next option to walk to summit from Spring Creek sawmill campground	Spring Creek sawmill camp ground south site
Another hike option from Spring Creek sawmill campground	Spring Creek sawmill
map detail	Spring Creek sawmill kiln ruins
View from Rocky lookout to east	View to south east coming down from Mt Samaria drive
Blue Range day picnic area	Blue Range day picnic area stream