Mount Banks, Blue Mountains National Park

Name: Mount Banks
Address: Blue Mountains National Park, Australia

#5 among attractions in Blue Mountains National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mount Banks, Blue Mountains National Park

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Mount Banks, a mountain within the Explorers Range of the Blue Mountains Range that is a spur off the Great Dividing Range, is located within the Blue Mountains National Park, approximately 100 kilometres west of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. Mount Banks is located 8 kilometres from the nearest residential area, Mount Tomah, has an elevation of 1,049 metres AMSL, and can be accessed relatively easily via the Bells Line of Road. ()

Elevation: 3442 ftCoordinates: 33°35'12"S, 150°22'12"E

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Mount Banks – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Govetts Leap Falls, Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Evans Lookout, Perrys Lookdown.

4.5 miSW
Waterfall
Govetts Leap Falls, Blackheath
115 min walk • Govetts Leap Falls, a breathtaking natural wonder, is nestled in the serene town of Blackheath in the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains of Australia. This majestic waterfall is renowned for plunging over a sandstone cliff into a lush, prehistoric valley below.
4.5 miNE
Garden, Botanical garden, Park
Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Victoria
115 min walk • The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, originally known as the Mount Tomah Botanical Garden, is a 28-hectare public botanic garden located approximately 100 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district at Mount Tomah in the Blue Mountains, in New South Wales, Australia.
4.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Evans Lookout, Blue Mountains National Park
124 min walk • Evans Lookout is a lookout in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. Overlooking the sandstone cliffs of the Grose River Valley, the lookout is also an access point for pedestrian access to the valley floor.
1.6 miSW
Trail, Park
Perrys Lookdown, Blue Mountains National Park
41 min walk • Perry's Lookdown is situated on the edge of the Grose Valley in the Blue Mountains, Australia. It is believed to have been named by Frederick Eccleston Du Faur after either Samuel Augustus Perry or a local innkeeper. Free campsites are adjacent to the car park.
6.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Mermaids Cave
171 min walk • Mermaids Cave is an undercut sandstone cave located in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. It was named in 1882 and was also known as Mermaid's Glen. It is accessible by a short walking trail from the Megalong Valley road. A scene from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was filmed there.
3.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Hay, Blue Mountains National Park
84 min walk • Mount Hay, a mountain that is part of the Mt Hay Range of the Blue Mountains Range which is a spur off the Great Dividing Range, is located in the Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia.
~730 ftSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Grose Valley, Blue Mountains National Park
4 min walk • The Grose Valley is a rugged valley in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. It has been formed by the Grose River, the headwaters of which are in the Mount Victoria area.
5.8 miSW
Library
Blackheath Library, Blackheath
150 min walk • The Blue Mountains Library is a network of six branch libraries located within the City of Blue Mountains Council administrative area.
6.4 miSW
Dam
Blue Mountains Dams, Blue Mountains National Park
164 min walk • The Blue Mountains Dams are a series of six dams in the Blue Mountains which supply water to the Blue Mountains and Sydney, Australia. The Dams are managed by the WaterNSW. Water in this scheme may be supplemented from the Fish River Scheme.
1.6 miSW
Locality
Blue Gum Forest, Blue Mountains National Park
41 min walk • The Blue Gum Forest is a forest located in Blue Mountains National Park within the Grose Valley of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales west of Sydney, southeastern Australia. It is one of the best-known bushwalking sites in Australia.
5.7 miNE
Locality
Berambing
145 min walk • Berambing is a rural locality in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The settlement is clustered around the Bells Line of Road, between Windsor and Lithgow, 10 kilometres west of Bilpin.

Mount Banks, Blue Mountains National Park

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Mount Banks – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)