Marion's Lookout

Marion's Lookout is a prominent alpine viewpoint in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in north-west Tasmania, within the Kentish local government area near Cradle Mountain village. Reached via a steep walking track from Dove Lake, it sits at about 1,223 metres elevation. The lookout is notable for panoramic views over Dove Lake, Cradle Mountain, Barn Bluff and the surrounding Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, and for its chain-assisted final ascent.

Visitors can expect a steep alpine hike from Dove Lake car park to an exposed rocky lookout platform. The track climbs through button grass, alpine heath and boulder fields with a short chain-assisted scramble near the summit. From the top there are uninterrupted 360-degree views over Dove Lake, Cradle Mountain, Barn Bluff, Little Horn and the surrounding highlands. There are no structures or shelter at the lookout itself; the experience is entirely natural and weather-dependent.

Marion's Lookout is named after Marion Weindorfer, wife of Gustav Weindorfer, who was instrumental in the establishment of Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, proclaimed in 1922. The area forms part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area listed in 1982.

Located within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, the lookout lies in a landscape of significance to Tasmanian Aboriginal people and is valued for its natural heritage, alpine scenery and bushwalking tradition.