Blackheath
Blackheath is a small town located between Medlow Bath and Mount Victoria in the Blue Mountains. It is 114 km west of Sydney and is 1056 meters above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: 2mthswinter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 4,480 residents
- Description: town in New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Blackheath, New South Wales” and “Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia”
- Neighbors: Blue Mountains National Park and Mount Victoria
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blackheath railway station, New South Wales and Mermaids Cave.
Blackheath railway station, New South Wales
Railway station
Photo: SimCity4, Public domain.
Blackheath railway station is a heritage-listed former railway bridge and now railway station located on the Main Western line in Blackheath in the City of Blue Mountains local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
Mermaids Cave
Cave
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.
Govetts Leap Falls
Waterfall
The Govetts Leap Falls, or simply Govetts Leap, is a bridal veil waterfall on the Govetts Leap Brook where it falls 180 metres over Taylor Wall, located at Govetts Leap Lookout approximately 2.4 kilometres east of Blackheath in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shipley and Medlow Bath.
Shipley
Hamlet
Shipley is a small hamlet village in the state of New South Wales, Australia, in the City of Blue Mountains. It is an unbounded locality within the locality of Blackheath, south-west of the township of Blackheath.
Medlow Bath
Village
Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Katoomba is the largest and best-known town in the Blue Mountains, around 100 km west of Sydney and 1,017 m above sea level. Medlow Bath is situated 4½ km south of Blackheath.
Blackheath
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Blue Mountains, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.6339° or 33° 38′ 2″ southLongitude
150.2847° or 150° 17′ 5″ eastPopulation
4,480Elevation
1,063 metres (3,488 feet)Open location code
4RRG978M+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 117040742OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2175553Wikidata ID
Q526224
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Blackheath” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Blackheath”
- Basque: “Blackheath (Hegoaldeko Gales Berria)”
- Basque: “Blackheath”
- Belarusian: “Блэкхіт”
- Cebuano: “Blackheath”
- Chinese: “布莱克希思”
- Chinese: “布莱克希斯”
- Chinese: “布萊克希思”
- Danish: “Blackheath”
- Dutch: “Blackheath”
- French: “Blackheath”
- Georgian: “ბლექჰითი”
- German: “Blackheath”
- Japanese: “ブラックヒース (ニューサウスウェールズ州)”
- Japanese: “ブラックヒース”
- Malagasy: “Blackheath”
- Persian: “بلکهلث، نیو ساوت ولز”
- Polish: “Blackheath”
- Russian: “Блэкхит”
- Swedish: “Blackheath, New South Wales”
- Swedish: “Blackheath”
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