Devils Marbles
Fields of giant rounded granite boulders, many balanced on one another, about 105 kilometres south of Tennant Creek beside the Stuart Highway. The place is sacred to its Aboriginal traditional owners, and the boulders glow red at sunrise and sunset.
- Where
- Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- -20.5667, 134.2667
Get the Devils Marbles stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Devils Marbles. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Northern Territory volume with your photos and a note.
Near Devils Marbles
Alice Springs Desert Park 352 km
A wildlife park and education centre at the foot of the MacDonnell Ranges on the edge of Alice Springs. Walkways lead through recreated desert habitats of central Australia, with a nocturnal house for the animals that only come out after dark.
West MacDonnell National Park 372 km
A national park stretching west of Alice Springs along the MacDonnell Ranges, a chain of red ridges cut by gaps and gorges. Simpsons Gap, Ellery Creek Big Hole and Ormiston Gorge are all within it, and the Larapinta Trail runs its length.
Kings Canyon 496 km
A sheer-walled canyon at the western end of the George Gill Range, about 321 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs, in Watarrka National Park. The rim walk climbs to the top of the red sandstone walls and passes the Garden of Eden, a waterhole sheltered by palms and ferns.
Uluru 626 km
A single sandstone monolith rising out of the plain near the centre of Australia, 335 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs. Sacred to the Anangu, its traditional owners, it shifts from ochre to deep red as the sun rises and sets, and a walking track circles its base.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 626 km
The protected desert country around Uluru and Kata Tjuta, a World Heritage Site for both its landscape and its living Aboriginal culture, and run jointly with the Anangu. A Cultural Centre near the base of Uluru explains Anangu law and stories.
Kata Tjuta 637 km
A cluster of huge domed rock formations about 25 kilometres west of Uluru, in the same national park and sacred to the local Aboriginal people. Walking tracks lead into the gaps between the domes, through the Valley of the Winds and Walpa Gorge.
Purnululu National Park 694 km
A remote World Heritage park in the East Kimberley, about 300 kilometres south of Kununurra. It holds the Bungle Bungle Range, beehive-shaped domes of sandstone banded in orange and black that rise 250 metres above the savannah.
Nitmiluk National Park 722 km
A park around a series of gorges cut by the Katherine River, 23 kilometres north-east of the town of Katherine, with Edith Falls in its north. The Jawoyn people are its custodians, and in their language the name means place of the cicada dreaming.
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Questions
Where is Devils Marbles?
Devils Marbles is in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Alice Springs Desert Park (352 km), West MacDonnell National Park (372 km), Kings Canyon (496 km).
How do I get the Devils Marbles stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Devils Marbles and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Northern Territory volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Devils Marbles before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Northern Territory volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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