Best Lookouts in the Northern Territory
Take in sweeping views of ancient landscapes from the Territory's best lookouts. From Darwin Harbour sunsets to red desert panoramas, these vantage points showcase the NT at its most dramatic.
50 lookouts spots
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👁️ LookoutsUluru Viewing Area (Sunrise)
Uluru Viewing Area (Sunrise) offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this a…
1500km·Red Centre
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👁️ LookoutsTolmer Falls Lookout Platform
Tolmer Falls Lookout Platform offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this…
1500km·Top End
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Kata Tjuta Valley View
Kata Tjuta Valley View offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this ancient…
1500km·Red Centre
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Lower Gorge Lookout
Lower Gorge Lookout — lookouts in Barkly, 1072km from Darwin. A remote outback destination worth the drive.
1072km·Barkly
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👁️ LookoutsGarden of Eden Lookout (Kings Canyon)
Garden of Eden Lookout (Kings Canyon) offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty…
1500km·Red Centre
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👁️ LookoutsMacDonnell Ranges Lookout
Take in the view from this lookout near the MacDonnell Ranges in the Red Centre region. Whether it's ancient gorge country, red desert plains, or tropical coast…
1264km·Red Centre
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Stuart Memorial Lookout (Alice Springs)
Stuart Memorial Lookout (Alice Springs) offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beaut…
1500km·Red Centre
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Surprise Creek Overlook
Surprise Creek Overlook offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this ancien…
1500km·Top End
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Tennant Creek Town Lookout
Tennant Creek Town Lookout offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this anc…
1500km·Barkly
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👁️ LookoutsDevils Pebbles (Kunjarra)
Kunjarra — the Devils Pebbles — is a cluster of giant rounded granite boulders glowing red at sunrise and sunset, ~10km northwest of Tennant Creek. A quieter, f…
990km·Barkly
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👁️ LookoutsEnterprise Pit Mine Lookout
Enterprise Pit Mine Lookout offers panoramic views across the lush tropical Top End, home to Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks, ancient wetlands, and some of…
185km·Top End
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👁️ LookoutsYurmikmik Lookout
Take in the view from Yurmikmik Lookout in the Top End region. Whether it's ancient gorge country, red desert plains, or tropical coastline, NT lookouts deliver…
211km·Top End
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Trephina Gorge Outlook
Trephina Gorge Outlook offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this ancient…
1500km·Red Centre
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Greenant Creek Vista
Greenant Creek Vista offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this ancient l…
1500km·Top End
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👁️ LookoutsCannon Hill Lookout (Kakadu)
A short, steep climb to a sandstone platform with expansive views over the East Alligator River floodplain and the Arnhem Land escarpment. The Aboriginal name i…
226km·Top End
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👁️ LookoutsGunwarddehwardde Lookout
Spectacular lookout over Kakadu's escarpment and floodplains near Nourlangie. 360-degree views of the ancient landscape.
209km·Top End
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👁️ LookoutsWalker Creek Vista (Litchfield)
Walker Creek Vista (Litchfield) offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of thi…
110km·Top End
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👁️ LookoutsWestern Creek Lookout (Limmen)
Western Creek Lookout (Limmen) is located in the remote Gulf/Barkly region of the Northern Territory — one of Australia's last true frontiers. This is genuine o…
900km·Barkly
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👁️ LookoutsStandley Chasm Lookout
Take in the view from Standley Chasm Lookout in the Red Centre region. Whether it's ancient gorge country, red desert plains, or tropical coastline, NT lookouts…
1282km·Red Centre
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👁️ LookoutsTolmer Falls Lookout
Tolmer Falls Lookout offers panoramic views across the lush tropical Top End, home to Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks, ancient wetlands, and some of Austra…
84km·Top End
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Cycad Garden Lookout
Cycad Garden Lookout offers panoramic views across the tropical capital of the Northern Territory, known for its multicultural food scene, stunning sunsets over…
2km·Darwin
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👁️ LookoutsChambers Pillar
Take in the view from Chambers Pillar in the Red Centre region. Whether it's ancient gorge country, red desert plains, or tropical coastline, NT lookouts delive…
1415km·Red Centre
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👁️ LookoutsRainbow Cliffs
Take in the view from Rainbow Cliffs in the Top End region. Whether it's ancient gorge country, red desert plains, or tropical coastline, NT lookouts deliver so…
651km·Top End
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👁️ LookoutsArenge View
Take in the view from Arenge View in the Red Centre region. Whether it's ancient gorge country, red desert plains, or tropical coastline, NT lookouts deliver so…
1280km·Red Centre
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👁️ LookoutsFig Tree Valley Lookout
Fig Tree Valley Lookout offers panoramic views across the Katherine region, gateway to spectacular gorge country, thermal hot springs, and the transition zone b…
423km·Katherine
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👁️ LookoutsButterfly Gorge
Take in the view from Butterfly Gorge in the Top End region. Whether it's ancient gorge country, red desert plains, or tropical coastline, NT lookouts deliver s…
270km·Top End
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👁️ LookoutsLiving Shelter - Rock Paintings
Take in the view from Living Shelter in the Katherine region. Whether it's ancient gorge country, red desert plains, or tropical coastline, NT lookouts deliver…
419km·Katherine
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👁️ LookoutsBukbukluk Lookout
Take in the view from Bukbukluk Lookout in the Top End region. Whether it's ancient gorge country, red desert plains, or tropical coastline, NT lookouts deliver…
190km·Top End
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👁️ LookoutsMount Sonder Lookout
Take in the view from Mount Sonder Lookout in the Red Centre region. Whether it's ancient gorge country, red desert plains, or tropical coastline, NT lookouts d…
1262km·Red Centre
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Kuniya Piti View
Kuniya Piti View offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this ancient land…
1500km·Red Centre
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Reedy Bluff
Reedy Bluff offers panoramic views across Australia's Red Centre, a vast desert landscape of ancient red rock gorges, sacred Aboriginal sites, and some of the m…
1316km·Red Centre
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Florence Falls Lookout
Florence Falls Lookout offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this ancient…
1500km·Top End
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👁️ LookoutsElliott Lookout
Elliott Lookout offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this ancient land —…
1500km·Katherine
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Ross River Panorama
Ross River Panorama offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this ancient la…
1500km·Red Centre
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👁️ LookoutsGosse Bluff Crater Rim
Gosse Bluff Crater Rim offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this ancient…
1500km·Red Centre
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Ruby Gap Panorama
Ruby Gap Panorama offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this ancient land…
1500km·Red Centre
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👁️ LookoutsPine Gap Viewing Area
Pine Gap Viewing Area offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this ancient…
1500km·Red Centre
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👁️ LookoutsHoneymoon Gap
Honeymoon Gap offers panoramic views across Australia's Red Centre, a vast desert landscape of ancient red rock gorges, sacred Aboriginal sites, and some of the…
1291km·Red Centre
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👁️ LookoutsKaru Lookout
Karu Lookout offers panoramic views across Australia's Red Centre, a vast desert landscape of ancient red rock gorges, sacred Aboriginal sites, and some of the…
1426km·Red Centre
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Turners Lookout
Turners Lookout offers panoramic views across Australia's Red Centre, a vast desert landscape of ancient red rock gorges, sacred Aboriginal sites, and some of t…
1284km·Red Centre
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👁️ LookoutsGhost Gum Lookout
Take in the view from Ghost Gum Lookout in the Red Centre region. Whether it's ancient gorge country, red desert plains, or tropical coastline, NT lookouts deli…
1257km·Red Centre
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👁️ LookoutsBaruwei Lookout
Baruwei Lookout offers panoramic views across the lush tropical Top End, home to Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks, ancient wetlands, and some of Australia's…
267km·Top End
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Tyler Pass Lookout
Tyler Pass Lookout is a significant site in the Red Centre of the Northern Territory. The MacDonnell Ranges and surrounding desert harbour ancient geological fo…
1500km·Red Centre
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👁️ LookoutsBill Allen Lookout
Bill Allen Lookout offers panoramic views across the Katherine region, gateway to spectacular gorge country, thermal hot springs, and the transition zone betwee…
877km·Katherine
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Nourlangie Lookout (Kakadu)
Nourlangie Lookout (Kakadu) offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this an…
250km·Top End
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Glen Helen Lookout
Glen Helen Lookout offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this ancient lan…
1500km·Red Centre
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👁️ LookoutsDarwin River Dam
Take in the view from Darwin River Dam in the Top End region. Whether it's ancient gorge country, red desert plains, or tropical coastline, NT lookouts deliver…
43km·Top End
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👁️ LookoutsCoolabah Swamp and Native Fig Lookout
Coolabah Swamp and Native Fig Lookout offers panoramic views across Australia's Red Centre, a vast desert landscape of ancient red rock gorges, sacred Aborigina…
1291km·Red Centre
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👁️ LookoutsMount Conner Lookout
Take in the view from Mount Conner Lookout in the Red Centre region. Whether it's ancient gorge country, red desert plains, or tropical coastline, NT lookouts d…
1433km·Red Centre
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Palm Valley Scenic Lookout
Palm Valley Scenic Lookout offers panoramic views across the Northern Territory landscape. The Territory's lookouts reveal the true scale and beauty of this anc…
1500km·Red Centre