Hobart Recreational Tracks and Trails with Difficulty and Status Ratings

City of Hobart tracks and trails are classified by permitted recreational use, difficulty grades, and public status. The dataset includes attributes for bike and walking difficulty on a 1-5 scale and status categories like 'Open' or 'Closed for works'. Data is provided by HCCGISICT for the City of Hobart and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Build a recreational route finder based on permitted use types (Bike Track, Walking Track, Shared Use, Fire Trail).
• Filter trails by difficulty grade for walkers or cyclists based on the Walk_Grade and Bike_Grade attributes.
• Identify temporarily closed or unmaintained routes for public safety alerts using the status field.
• Analyze accessibility for 4WD vehicles on fire trails based on the status attribute.

Strengths

• Includes standardized difficulty ratings on a 1-5 scale for both walking and biking activities.
• Defines clear status categories (Open, Closed, Unmaintained, Closed for works) for operational awareness.
• Data is filtered to include only tracks owned or maintained by the City of Hobart, providing jurisdictional clarity.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description includes a disclaimer noting the data may contain errors and is for general indication only.

Provenance

Source

City of Hobart Open Data (HCCGISICT)

Collection Method

Likely collected and maintained by the city's GIS/ICT department for operational and public service purposes.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-11 20:49:14.448241; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia