Cape Arid National Park

Cape Arid National Park is a large coastal national park in Western Australia, located about 120 kilometres east of Esperance in the Shire of Esperance. Covering approximately 279,000 hectares, it is known for its rugged granite peaks including Mount Arid and Mount Ragged, extensive coastal dunes, heathlands, and pristine white-sand beaches such as Tagon Bay. The park protects diverse flora and fauna, offers remote camping and four-wheel-drive tracks, and is valued for its wilderness character and biodiversity.

Visitors can expect a remote wilderness park with sweeping white-sand beaches, rocky headlands, granite peaks, coastal heath and mallee woodlands. The park is accessed via unsealed roads and sandy 4WD tracks. Key areas include Thomas River estuary and campground, Tagon Bay, Mount Arid and Mount Ragged lookouts, Yokinup Mia Mia, and the Tagon Coastal Trail. Facilities are basic and focused on camping, bushwalking, fishing, beach walking and nature observation with no shops or fuel inside the park.