Blue Mountains
The Blue Mountains, immediately to the west of the sprawling metropolitan area of Sydney, constitute one of the most accessible areas of relatively unspoilt natural highland beauty in New South Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Lithgow and Blue Mountains National Park.
Lithgow
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Lithgow is a town that developed around the coal mining industry, just west of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. With the exception of the nearby Zig-Zag steam heritage railway, it has not long been recognised as a visitor destination.
Blue Mountains National Park
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The Blue Mountains National Park is a large, world Heritage-listed national park occupying much of the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. The park has many cliffs, plateaus, valleys, waterfalls and something a trip to Sydney is never complete without.
Katoomba
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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.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Jenolan Caves and Blackheath.
Jenolan Caves
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The Jenolan Caves are in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. The cave system has been dated to 340 million years, making them the oldest known caves on Earth.
Blackheath
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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.
Wollemi National Park
Wollemi National Park is just 100 km north-west of Australia's largest city, Sydney and yet it contains the largest wilderness area in New South Wales.
Oberon
Oberon is a small town in the western falls of the Blue Mountains region of the Australian state of New South Wales.
Leura
Leura is a small picturesque town in the Blue Mountains region of the Australian state of New South Wales, some 100 km west of Sydney CBD and situated at an elevation of 985 m above sea level.
Gardens of Stone National Park
Gardens of Stone National Park is a national park in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.
Mount Victoria
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Mount Victoria is the westernmost town in the Blue Mountains. It sits west of Blackheath and east of the Mt Victoria Pass.
Springwood
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Springwood is a town about halfway up the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. West of Sydney, Springwood is a mainly suburban centre in the Blue Mountains.
Kanangra-Boyd National Park
Kanangra Boyd National Park is a national park some 180 km west of Sydney and adjacent to Jenolan Caves. Expansive mountain gorges, magnificent lookouts and a series of wild and scenic rivers give a special edge to Kanagra-Boyd's wilderness.
Glenbrook
Glenbrook is a suburb of 5,000 people in the lower Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. It offers trendy cafes, boutiques, various tourist attractions, weekend markets, recreational opportunities, and native flora and fauna.
Wentworth Falls
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Wentworth Falls is a small town within the Blue Mountains World Heritage National Park in Australia. It lies immediately east of Leura and Katoomba, and is a little quieter than its neighbours.
Bell and Mount Wilson
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Bell and Mount Wilson are two small towns 14 km apart in the Upper Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. While the former has very little of notable interest except a photogenic train station during the winter, the latter contains several privately-run seasonal botanic gardens that shine during autumn and spring.
Lawson
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Lawson is a town in the Blue Mountains area of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Great Western Highway between Hazelbrook in the east and Bullaburra in the west.
Tarana
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Tarana is a small town of 187 between Lithgow in the upper Blue Mountains and Bathurst. It sits at the junction of the Main Western Line and the now disused Oberon Branch Line, with the latter being almost the only thing to see in town.
Rydal
Rydal is a small railway town of 163 west of Lithgow in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales.Blue Mountains
- Type: Mountain range with 30,000 residents
- Description: mountain range in New South Wales
- Categories: region and climbing area
- Location: City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude of center
-33.5671° or 33° 34′ 2″ southLongitude of center
150.4076° or 150° 24′ 28″ eastPopulation
30,000Elevation
978 metres (3,209 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
way 889118010OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Blue Mountains” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Blue Mountains”
- Arabic: “الجبال الزرقاء”
- Aragonese: “Monts Azuls”
- Armenian: “Երկնագույն լեռներ”
- Armenian: “Կապույտ լեռներ”
- Basque: “Mendi Urdinak (Australia)”
- Basque: “Mendi Urdinak”
- Belarusian: “Блакітныя горы”
- Bulgarian: “Блу Маунтънс (планини, Австралия)”
- Bulgarian: “Блу Маунтънс”
- Catalan: “Muntanyes Blaves d’Austràlia”
- Chinese: “蓝山”
- Chinese: “藍山”
- Croatian: “Blue Mountains”
- Croatian: “Modre planine”
- Czech: “Blue Mountains”
- Czech: “Modré hory”
- Danish: “Blue Mountains”
- Dutch: “Blue Mountains”
- Esperanto: “Blua Montaro”
- Finnish: “Blue Mountains”
- French: “montagnes Bleues”
- French: “Montagnes Bleues”
- Georgian: “ცისფერი მთები”
- German: “Blue Mountains”
- Greek: “Γαλάζια Βουνά”
- Greek: “Μπλου Μάουντενς”
- Hebrew: “בלו מאונטיין”
- Hebrew: “בלו מאונטיינס, ניו סאות‘ ויילס”
- Hebrew: “בלו מאונטינס, ניו סאות‘ ויילס”
- Hebrew: “בלו-מאונטינס, ניו סאות‘ ויילס”
- Hebrew: “ההרים הכחולים”
- Hungarian: “Kék-hegység”
- Indonesian: “Blue Mountains”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Biru Australia”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Biru”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Blue”
- Italian: “Blue Mountains”
- Japanese: “ブルー・マウンテンズ (ニューサウスウェールズ州)”
- Japanese: “ブルー・マウンテンズ”
- Japanese: “ブルーマウンテンズ”
- Japanese: “ブルーマウンテン山脈 (オーストラリア)”
- Korean: “블루마운틴스”
- Ladin: “Blue Mountains (New South Wales)”
- Lithuanian: “Mėlynieji kalnai”
- Lithuanian: “Žydrieji kalnai”
- Malay: “Pergunungan Biru (New South Wales)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blue Mountains”
- Norwegian: “Blue Mountains”
- Persian: “کوه های آبی”
- Persian: “کوه های ابی”
- Persian: “کوههای آبی”
- Polish: “Góry Błękitne”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Gór Błękitnych”
- Portuguese: “Montanhas Azuis”
- Portuguese: “Região das Montanhas Azuis”
- Romanian: “Blue Mountains”
- Russian: “Большие Голубые горы”
- Russian: “Голубые горы”
- Russian: “Парк Синие Горы”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Modre planine”
- Slovak: “Modré vrchy”
- Spanish: “Blue Mountains”
- Spanish: “Montanas Azules”
- Spanish: “Montañas Azules”
- Swahili: “Milima ya Buluu”
- Swedish: “Blue Mountains, Australien”
- Swedish: “Blue Mountains”
- Tamil: “நீல மலைகள்”
- Turkish: “Mavi Dağlar (Avustralya)”
- Turkish: “Mavi Dağlar”
- Ukrainian: “Блакитні гори”
- Urdu: “بلیو ماؤنٹینز (نیو ساؤتھ ویلز)”
- Urdu: “بلیو ماؤنٹینز”
- Venetian: “Montagne Blu”
- Vietnamese: “Dãy núi Blue”
- Welsh: “Mynyddoedd Glas”
- Western Armenian: “Կապոյտ Լեռներ”
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