Bago State Forest

Bago State Forest encompasses more than 50,000 hectares of diverse forest on the Bago Plateau in the Snowy Valleys of NSW, offering peaceful nature experiences, bushwalks, camping, horse riding and scenic picnics across alpine ash forests, historic arboretum plantings and pine plantations. Visitors can explore forest sculptures, quiet walking tracks and scenic spots like Paddy’s River Dam, Paling Yards and Sugar Pines. The forest has been shaped by recovery from the 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires, with new visitor facilities, art and nature trails forming part of a revitalised tourism precinct.

The Sugar Pines visitor area is a grove of newly planted pines with a picnic area and children’s nature playground, representing the forest’s resilience after fire. This area also forms part of the Bago Sculpture Forest, showcasing outdoor artworks by local, national and international artists set amongst the trees.

Pilot Hill Arboretum provides a picnic base with grassy open spaces and historic tree plantings, and links to forest walks such as the Alpine Ash Walk and the Wellness Walk through towering pines with nature-inspired features like the Sound Pod and Sky Seat.

Paddys River Dam is one of the forest’s scenic highlights — a peaceful dam where visitors can camp, relax by the water, swim or fish, with facilities including toilets, picnic areas and walking tracks including access to sections of the Hume & Hovell Track.

Paling Yards, on the edge of Paddys River, is a grassy picnic and horse-friendly area featuring montane peatland and the Haenigs Horse Trail, popular with riders exploring deeper into the forest.

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