Blue Mountains walking tracks, Blackheath

Name: Blue Mountains walking tracks
Address: Blackheath, Australia

#2 among attractions in Blackheath

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Blue Mountains walking tracks, Blackheath

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The Blue Mountains walking tracks are heritage-listed picnic areas, walking tracks and rest areas located in the Blue Mountains National Park, in the City of Blue Mountains local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1880. The property is owned by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. ()

Coordinates: 33°38'11"S, 150°16'18"E

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Blackheath Australia

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Blue Mountains walking tracks – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Govetts Leap Falls, Evans Lookout, Perrys Lookdown, Mermaids Cave.

2.4 miE
Waterfall
Govetts Leap Falls, Blackheath
62 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.
3.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Evans Lookout, Blue Mountains National Park
82 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.
5 miNE
Trail, Park
Perrys Lookdown, Blue Mountains National Park
129 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.
0.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Mermaids Cave
18 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.
4.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Explorers tree, Sydney
122 min walk • The Explorers Tree was a Blue Mountains ash tree formerly located at Explorers Hill, about 2 km north-west of Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia.
2.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Piddington
72 min walk • Mount Piddington Aboriginal: Wirindi, a mountain in the Explorer Range of the Blue Mountains region, is located south of the village of Mount Victoria in New South Wales, Australia.
0.8 miE
Library
Blackheath Library, Blackheath
21 min walk • The Blue Mountains Library is a network of six branch libraries located within the City of Blue Mountains Council administrative area.
2.2 miSE
Dam
Blue Mountains Dams, Blue Mountains National Park
56 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.
2.8 miS
Town
Medlow Bath, Sydney
71 min walk • Medlow Bath is an Australian small town located near the highest point of the Blue Mountains, between Katoomba and Blackheath. Its altitude is about 1,050 metres AHD and it is about 115 kilometres west-north-west of the Sydney central business district and 5 kilometres north-west of Katoomba.
5.4 miE
Locality
Blue Gum Forest, Blue Mountains National Park
137 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.