Langi Ghiran State Park

Langi Ghiran State Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Langi Ghiran State Park
LocationVictoria
Nearest cityArarat
Coordinates37°18′S 143°07′E / 37.300°S 143.117°E / -37.300; 143.117
Area26.95 km2 (10.41 sq mi)
Governing bodyParks Victoria
WebsiteOfficial website

The Langi Ghiran State Park is 14 km east of Ararat in the state of Victoria, Australia. The park covers an area of 2695 ha.

The park can be used for camping, walking and driving. It has steep granite peaks and gentle sloping open woodland sections. The name Langi Ghiran, a corruption of "Lar-ne-jeering" in the language of the local Djab Wurrung people, means "Home of the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos".

Other parks nearby are Mount Buangor to the east and the Grampians/Gariwerd to the distant west.

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